Grant Robinson
Grant Robinson is an Australian open water swimmer.
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Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- He was on the Australian national swim team that won the 1996 Mediterranean International Swimming Relay Race.
- He won a silver medal in the 25 km marathon swim team event at the 1998 FINA World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia with Mark Saliba and Tracey Knowles in a cumulative time of 16 hours 22 minutes 54.3 seconds.
- He won the 20th Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog on 11 July 1998 in Canada.
- He won the 1997 19.6 km Rottnest Channel Swim, the first time GPS was used to plot a course to Rottnest Island.
Mediterranean International Swimming Relay Race
The Mediterranean International Swimming Relay Race was a 93 km Malta-to-Sicily open water swimming (4-person) competition between Australia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary on 19-20 July 1996 that started from St. Julians Bay in Malta and finished at Marina di Modica in Sicily, Italy. The Australian team won in 19 hours 11 minutes and included Melissa Cunningham, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Joe Mitchell and Grant Robinson who swam on 20-minute legs under the leadership of Chris Guesdon.
1996 was the only year of a successful crossing. Both the 1995 Mediterranean International Swimming Relay Race and 1997 Mediterranean International Swimming Relay Race were held, but all the participating teams failed to finish.
The results included:
- 1st: Australia (19:11)
- 2nd: Italy (19:15)
- 3rd: Czech Republic (20:42)
- 4th: Slovenia (20:46)
- 5th: Hungary (20:56)
1998 FINA World Championships 25 km Race Results
1 Alexey Akatyev 5:05:42
2 David Meca Medina 5:07:23
3 Gabriel Chaillou 5:07:53
4 Claudio Gargaro 5:09:48
5 Yuri Kudinov 5:12:07
6 Stéphane Lecat 5:14:16
7 Grant Robinson 5:14:40
8 Fabrizio Pescatori 5:16:55
9 Igor Majcen 5:17:09
10 Nicolas Knap 5:22:35
11 Mark Saliba 5:27:54
12 Andre Wilde 5:31:39
13 Nathan Stooke 5:32:21
14 Nace Majcen 5:33:52
15 Liam Weseloh 5:34:53
16 Simon Chocron 5:38:43
17 Chuck Wiley 5:42:32
18 Paulo Torres 5:45:05
19 Alberto Morejon 5:46:11
20 Ryan Coom 5:48:03
21 Serghei Mariniuc 5:52:29
22 Trpimir Kutle 5:54:18
23 Robert Dinka 5:57:26
24 Gareth Fowler 6:05:11
25 Takashi Sugisawa 6:12:37
26 Ákos Győrffy 6:25:55
Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Honourees
He is a member of the inaugural class of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honourees who were inducted on August 2020.
- Jennifer Anderson
- Lauren Arndt
- David Bates
- Clive Berry Rickards
- Kate Brookes-Peterson
- Roger Bruce
- Tamara Bruce
- Richard Campion
- Brendan Capell
- Graeme Carroll
- Cavill Family
- Melissa Cunningham
- William Ford
- Melissa Gorman
- Trent Grimsey
- Christopher Guesdon
- Susanne Guesdon
- Kevin Holtom
- Annette Kellerman
- Tracy Knowles
- John Koorey
- Susie Maroney OAM
- Chloë McCardel
- Linda McGill MBE
- Joseph Mitchell
- Lynton Mortensen
- David O'Brien OAM
- Penny Palfrey
- James Pittar
- Des Renford MBE
- Grant Robinson
- Rottnest Channel Swim Association
- Mark Saliba
- Josh Santacaterina
- Shelley Taylor-Smith
- Gary Toner
- Suzanne Toner
External links
- History Of Marathon Swimming In Australia, Part 1
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Suzy Toner
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Tracey Knowles
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Rottnest Channel Swimming Association
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Grant Robinson
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Mark Saliba
- Chris Guesdon Explains About The Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame On WOWSA Live
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Gary Toner
- Aleksey Akatyev Talks About Open Water And Coaching On WOWSA Live
- Mel Cunningham Talks About Her Long Career On WOWSA Live
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class Of 2020
- Open Water Swimming
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Record-setting Relays Rock 'N Roll
- The Longest Open Water Swimming Relay In The World
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- First 24 Years Of Lac Memphrémagog Traversée
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
