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Robert William Hackett, Jr. (born August 16, 1959) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec as a 16-year-old, where he won a silver medal in the men's 1500-meter freestyle, finishing behind U.S. teammate Brian Goodell.[1]

Bobby Hackett

Personal information
Full name	Robert William Hackett, Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Bobby"
National team	United States
Born	(1959-08-15) August 15, 1959 (age 63) Yonkers, New York
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Bernal's Gator Swim Club
College team	Harvard University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 1500 m freestyle World Championships – Long course 1978 West Berlin 4×200 m freestyle 1978 West Berlin 1500 m freestyle Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 1500 m freestyle 1975 Mexico City 400 m freestyle 1979 San Juan 1500 m freestyle

He was trained by coach Joe Bernal. Bernal, the former head coach of Bernal's Gator Swim Club in Boston, Massachusetts, was known to have given Hackett 100 x 100 yard sets on the 1:00 interval. Hackett still holds one of the oldest National Age Group records, a 15:03.91 in the 1,500-meter freestyle (long-course meters). He set the record by shattering the previous record at the 1976 Olympics.

As of 2012, Hackett was living and working in the New York metro area, near where he grew up. He has made a living in commercial real estate and is volunteer coaching with the Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester Marlins.[2] He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986.[3] Hackett now coaches part-time for Emory University's swimming and diving team.

See also

• List of Harvard University people
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 800 metres freestyle
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bobby Hackett". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

Records
Preceded by Stephen Holland	Men's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) June 21, 1976 – March 23, 1979	Succeeded by Vladimir Salnikov

На других языках

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[de] Bobby Hackett (Schwimmer)

Bobby Hackett, eigentlich Robert William Hackett Jr. (* 16. August 1959 in Yonkers, New York), ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Freistilschwimmer. Er gewann bei Olympia 1976 in Montreal die Silbermedaille über 1500 Meter Freistil und hielt vom 21. Juni 1976 bis 23. März 1979 den Weltrekord über 800 Meter Freistil auf der Langbahn (siehe auch Liste der Schwimmweltrekorde über 800 Meter Freistil). Bobby Hackett ist nicht zu verwechseln und nicht verwandt oder verschwägert mit seinem Namensvetter, dem dreifachen australischen Olympiasieger Grant Hackett.

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- [en] Bobby Hackett (swimmer)

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[fr] Bobby Hackett

Robert William, dit Bobby, Hackett Jr est un nageur américain né le 16 août 1959 à Yonkers.

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[it] Bobby Hackett (nuotatore)

Robert William Hackett- detto Bobby- (New York, 15 agosto 1959) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.

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