Robin Leamy

Robin Leamy (born April 1, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer of Samoan and New Zealand descent, who competed for UCLA, and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, earning a gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. In August 1981 at U.S. Nationals, he became a world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, though the event was not yet featured in the Olympics. After earning an MBA from UCLA, Leamy began a career spanning over thirty-five years in real estate administration, including stints with Grubb & Ellis, and Langdon Rieder Corporation. Relocating to the San Francisco Bay area, he began working for Mohr Partners in 2000, later starting own firm Leamy Realty Group in 2010, before returning to Mohr partners in 2020.

At a high point in his career in the 1981 U.S. Nationals in Brown Dear, Wisconsin on August 15, 1981, during his time at UCLA, Leamy set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle of 22.54, though the distance was not an Olympic event at the time. In an interview, Leamy noted that the 50-yard distance was common in High School and age group competition, but that the 50-meter distance had only recently been adopted as an event at the U.S. Nationals, and was not officially sanctioned as an international event by FINA. The 50-meter event did not officially appear in the Olympics until 1988 at Seoul, Korea, as Leamy had hoped. FINA first recognized the 50-meter long course event as a record in 1976 set by Jonty Skinner at the U.S. Nationals in Philadelphia on August 14, but did not recognize the 50-meter short course (25-meter pool) until March 3, 1991.

University of California, Los Angeles Leamy received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 1978-1982, graduating with a degree in Economics, where he was a four-year All American

Honors In November, 1976, while a Junior at Palos Verdes Peninsula's Rolling Hills High School, Leamy was an All-Ocean League selection in Water Polo, and in March 1978, was a first team All California Interscholastic Federation (CIF-3A) selection in Water Polo, as sponsored by the Citizen Savings Athletic Foundation.

Post swimming pursuits Enrolling again at UCLA in the Fall of 1984 after the Olympics,