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Born | Kendal, Great Britain | 26 January 1989|||||||||||
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Glen Robinson (born 26 January 1989) is a British water polo player. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Great Britain men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) inches tall.
Robinson began his career with Kendal, originally swimming with future Olympic water polo player Chloe Wilcox. [3] Robinson later moved to play for Lancaster where he was selected for England's junior squad, helping them to a Home Nations tournament win in 2006. Following this, he was invited to join the Great Britain junior squad and travelled to a tournament in Canada. [4]
In 2008, he scored against Spain to take Britain into the European Junior Championships. [5]
In 2010, he relocated to Romania where he played for CS Rapid București. He later represented German club SV Würzburg 05. [6]
He was selected for Great Britain's 2012 Olympic squad. He described the experience as his "pinnacle achievement". [7]
In 2014, he was part of England's gold medal winning squad for the 2014 edition of the Commonwealth Water Polo Championships. [8]
In 2015, he was again playing for Lancaster Water Polo Club [9] and was still there by 2018. [10]
Robinson is a supporter of Liverpool. [11]
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Born | Kendal, Great Britain | 26 January 1989|||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Glen Robinson (born 26 January 1989) is a British water polo player. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Great Britain men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) inches tall.
Robinson began his career with Kendal, originally swimming with future Olympic water polo player Chloe Wilcox. [3] Robinson later moved to play for Lancaster where he was selected for England's junior squad, helping them to a Home Nations tournament win in 2006. Following this, he was invited to join the Great Britain junior squad and travelled to a tournament in Canada. [4]
In 2008, he scored against Spain to take Britain into the European Junior Championships. [5]
In 2010, he relocated to Romania where he played for CS Rapid București. He later represented German club SV Würzburg 05. [6]
He was selected for Great Britain's 2012 Olympic squad. He described the experience as his "pinnacle achievement". [7]
In 2014, he was part of England's gold medal winning squad for the 2014 edition of the Commonwealth Water Polo Championships. [8]
In 2015, he was again playing for Lancaster Water Polo Club [9] and was still there by 2018. [10]
Robinson is a supporter of Liverpool. [11]