Robert Thompson (water polo), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Water polo player, born 1947
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Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
About Robert Thompson (water polo)
- Robert Thompson (born June 11, 1947) is a retired Canadian water polo player and coach.
- He competed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich where his team finished in 16th place.
- He was one of the unsuspecting athletes who helped the Munich massacre terrorists to climb over the fence into the Olympic Village.Thompson was born in a swimming family – his father James and elder sister Patty were Olympic swimmers and coaches – and started training in swimming at four years of age.
- He later changed to water polo, and already by 1961 competed at the national level.
- He was a member of the national teams that competed at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and 1972 Olympics.
- In 1969 he started coaching water polo and later prepared the Canadian team for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and 1983 Pan American Games.
- For his coaching achievements he was inducted into the McMaster University Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 1995.
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