Bob Sohl
Sohl at the University of Michigan in 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Robert Raymond Sohl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Bob" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 28, 1928 York, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 8, 2001 (aged 73) Highland Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Regional Sales Manager Standard Register, Xerox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Dorothy Frances Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | York YMCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | John deBarbadillo (York YMCA) Matt Mann (U. Michigan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Raymond Sohl (March 28, 1928 – April 8, 2001) was an American competition swimmer, a breaststroke world record holder and a 1948 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke. After graduating and swimming for the University of Michigan in 1949, Sohl attended Officer Candidate School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and served in the Army Field Artillery as a Lieutenant through 1953. In the 1950s, Sohl worked in Sales Management for Standard Register in New York, and after 1964 in Sales Management and as a Director of Training for Xerox Corporation in Virginia, later retiring as a vice-president.