Robin Leamy (swimmer)

Leamy was born in Apia, Samoa, New Zealand on April 1, 1961, but immigrated to the United States by age 13 with his family in 1974. He attended and swam for Rolling Hills High School, now Palos Verdes High School, in Southern California on the Palos Verdes Peninsula around twenty-eight miles South of Los Angeles. In club competition, Leamy trained and swam for the Peninsula Aquatics Swim Team. At a high point in his career in the 1981 U.S. Nationals in Brown Dear, Wisconsin on August 15, 1981, during his time at UCLA, Leamy set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle of 22.54, though the distance was not an Olympic event at the time. In an interview, Leamy noted that the 50-yard distance was common in High School and age group competition, but that the 50-meter distance had only recently been adopted as an event at the U.S. Nationals, and was not officially sanctioned as an international event by FINA. The 50-meter event did not officially appear in the Olympics until 1988 at Seoul, Korea, as Leamy had hoped. FINA first recognized the 50-meter long course event as a record in 1976 set by Jonty Skinner at the U.S. Nationals in Philadelphia on August 14, but did not recognize the 50-meter short course (25-meter pool) until March 3, 1991. ==1984 Los Angeles Olympics==

At the late June 1984 Indianapolis Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Leamy finished sixth in the 100-meter freestyle, qualifying him as an alternate on the U.S. Olympic Men's swimming team in the 4x100-meter freestyle for the Los Angeles Olympics in August. He trained with the U.S. team in Mission Viejo, California. University of California, Los Angeles Leamy received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 1978-1982, graduating with a degree in Economics, where he was a four-year All American Honors In November, 1976, while a Junior at Palos Verdes Peninsula's Rolling Hills High School, Leamy was an All-Ocean League selection in Water Polo, and in March 1978, was a first team All California Interscholastic Federation (CIF-3A) selection in Water Polo, as sponsored by the Citizen Savings Athletic Foundation. Post swimming pursuits Enrolling again at UCLA in the Fall of 1984 after the Olympics, ==See also==