Kenny Roberts (swimmer)
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| Full name | Kenny Roberts | |||||||||||||||
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 Seychelles
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12 May 1978 Victoria, Seychelles |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Bolles School (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||
| College team | Clemson University (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||
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Kenny Roberts (born May 12, 1978) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle, but also competed in breaststroke and in individual medley. He represented the Seychelles in all three editions of the Olympic Games, since the nation made its comeback in 1992. While studying in the United States, he played for the Bolles School's Sharks Club, under head coach Gregg Troy, and later for the Clemson University's swimming and diving team, also known as the Clemson Tigers. Currently, Roberts is appointed as the chairman of the Seychelles Swimming Association (SSA).
Roberts made his official debut, as a 14-year-old, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing sixty-eighth in the 50 m freestyle (26.78), seventy-second in the 100 m freestyle (58.86), fifty-eighth in the 100 m breaststroke (1:16.52), and fifty-first in the 200 m individual medley (2:30.35). He was also disqualified in the 200 m breaststroke for an illegal dolphin kick during the race.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Roberts drastically shortened his program, swimming only in the 100 m freestyle. He placed fifty-second on the morning prelims in a Seychellois record of 52.89.
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