Rob Bale

{{Short description|English swimmer}}

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| fullname = Robert William Bale

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| strokes = Freestyle

| club = University of Stirling

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

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| height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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Robert William Bale (born 19 July 1990) is an English swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Bale was born in Manchester,Team GB, Athletes, [http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/robert-bale Robert Bale]. Retrieved 17 May 2015. and raised in Lancaster, Lancashire. He attended Ripley St Thomas School and first swam with the Carnforth and District Swimming Club (Carnforth Otters)."[http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/lancaster_born_swimmer_rob_bale_is_hoping_to_make_the_most_of_the_olympics_1_1570775 Lancaster-born swimmer Rob Bale is hoping to make the most of the Olympics]", Lancashire Life, 16 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013."[http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/sport/lancaster-swimmer-bale-phelps-race-amazing-to-be-part-of-1-4802006 Lancaster swimmer Bale: Phelps race 'amazing to be part of']", The Visitor, 3 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

He made his first world championship team for the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, competing in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay final as Great Britain finished seventh. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he was a member of the British men's team that finished sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/bb942f3f-ca0d-4e07-a10c-23f575db5f69 Rob Bale]", BBC. Retrieved 25 August 2013.