Robert Hooper (swimmer)

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (1917–2001)}}

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| name = Robert Hooper

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| fullname = Robert Percy Hooper

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| national_team = {{flag|Canada|1921}}

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|9|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|9|2|1917|9|11}}

| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, US

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Canada}}

{{MedalCompetition | British Empire Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1934 London | 4×200 yd freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1938 Sydney | 4×220 yd freestyle}}

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Robert Percy Hooper (September 11, 1917 – September 2, 2001) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

In 1936 he was a member of the Canadian team which finished seventh in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. In the 400-metre freestyle, as well as in the 1500-metre freestyle, he was eliminated in the first round. At the 1934 Empire Games he was a member of the Canadian team which won the gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle event. Four years later at the Empire Games in Sydney he won the silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4×220-yard freestyle competition.