Bobby Hackett (swimmer)

Bobby Hackett
Personal information
Full name	Robert William Hackett, Jr.
Nickname	"Bobby"
National team	United States
Born	August 15, 1959 (age 65); 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
World Championships – Long course
Pan American Games

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]

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.

References

^ "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

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.