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Royston Isaac Romain (27 July 1918 – 19 December 2010)[1] was a British swimmer who competed in the Olympic Games in 1948 in London.
Key Information
Biography
[edit]Romain was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow. He began swimming at the age of nine or ten and was a member of the Otter Swimming Club in London.[2][3]
He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in men's 200 metres breaststroke, but did not win a medal, despite having gone into the competition with the year's fastest time.[4]
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947, 1948 and 1949.[5][6] He also represented England[7] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[8] and won a gold medal in the 330 yard medley relay and a silver medal in the 220 yard breaststroke.[9][10]
He continued into his 90s, winning the world Masters Swimming competitions in his 70s and 80s.[2]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Eltis, Vicki (20 January 2011). "Tributes to Olympic swimmer who died aged 92". Surrey Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2008). "Roy Romain Biography and Statistics". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ "'It was the youth of the world getting together'". Sport. The Guardian. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Swimming". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Swimming". The Times. 23 July 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Jack Hale for Empire Games". Hull Daily Mail. 6 October 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "R. Romain". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Auckland 1950 Team". Commonwealth Games England. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Roy Romain at World Aquatics
- Roy Romain at SwimRankings.net
- Roy Romain at Olympics.com
- Roy Romain at Team GB
- Roy Romain at Olympedia
- Roy Romain at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Roy Romain at InterSportStats
