Robert William Hackett, Jr. (born August 15, 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]
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| Full name | Robert William Hackett, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Bobby" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 15, 1959 Yonkers, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bernal's Gator Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Harvard University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres freestyle". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ http://swimswam.com/2012/12/the-most-enduring-usa-national-age-group-records-and-why/ Archived 2012-12-08 at the Wayback Machine Swim Swam
- ^ "Robert W. Hackett Jr., Class of 1977 - Fordham Preparatory School".
External links
edit- 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 April 17, 2020.