Robert Hurley (swimmer)
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| Full name | Robert Hurley |
| Nickname(s) | Bobby |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Born |
26 September 1988 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke |
| Club | Warringah Aquatic Swimming Club |
| Coach | Tim Lane |
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Robert "Bobby" Hurley (born 26 September 1988 in Melbourne) is an Australian swimmer and former World Record holder in the short-course (25 metre pool) 50 metres Backstroke and 2012 World Champion in the same event. In 2009 he won a bronze medal as a team member on the 4 × 200 m Freestyle relay at the FINA World Championships in Rome. He has five FINA World Championship medals to his name, two gold, one silver and two bronze.
Hurley is a sprint backstroke and middle and distance freestyle specialist and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2007-2009.
Hurley was born in Mornington, VIC and is the youngest of three children. The family moved to Wollongong, NSW where Hurley attended high school at The Illawarra Grammar School.
A star swimmer in his younger years, Hurley struggled throughout his teenage years until finally winning his first Australian Age Championship medal at age 18. He was primarily a backstroke and butterfly sprinter until he had immediate success swimming his first 400m Freestyle race at age 18.
At the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hurley won 2 gold in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay, 4 × 200 m Freestyle relay and 1 silver in the 200m Freestyle. He also placed 4th in the 100m Freestyle, 6th in the 50m Freestyle, and won the B Final of the 400m Freestyle.
At the 2008 Olympic Trials in Sydney, Hurley had a few near misses at making his first Olympic Team. Hurley placed 3rd in the 400m Freestyle behind Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens, 4th in the 200m Backstroke, 5th in the 100m Backstroke, and 4th in the non-selection 50m Backstroke.
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