(1975-09-13) 13 September 1975 (age 48) Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Medal record
Pacific Games
Nouméa 2011
4x100m Freestyle relay
South Pacific Games
Suva 2003
50m Freestyle
Suva 2003
100m Freestyle
Suva 2003
50m Backstroke
Carl Harvie ProbertOLY[1] (born 13 September 1975 in Suva, Rewa, Fiji)[2] is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[3] Probert was the flag bearer for Fiji in the 1992 opening ceremony.[4]
Probert also competed for Fiji at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
He has been a student at the University of Sydney.[5]
In 2008, Probert qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6] He has not won an Olympic medal. Probert was the only Fiji Islander seeking qualification, as both Caroline Pickering and Rachel Ah Koy announced they would not taking part in the Games.[7]
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^"Probert's bio page". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carl Probert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^"Flagbearers for Fiji". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^"University athletes find gold in Melbourne", Graham Crooker, University of Sydney, 29 March 2006
^"Vueti Claims Weightlifting Card for Olympics". Fiji Village. 13 July 2008.
^Kolinisau, Aaron (26 March 2008). "Swimmers at turning point new seasons". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.
Carl Harvie Probert OLY (born 13 September 1975 in Suva, Rewa, Fiji) is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji...
1974 CarlProbert (b. 1975), Fiji five-time Olympic,swimmer and National Record holder, gold, two-time silver and bronze medallist Rhys Probert (1921–1980)...
years of age) to Sydney 2000, finishing 10th on two occasions. Swimmer CarlProbert matched the feat in Beijing 2008, having first appeared at the 1992 Summer...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank CarlProbert 50 m freestyle 23.31 40 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 51.42 40 Did not...
seek qualification, leaving CarlProbert as the only Fiji Islander swimmer seeking to qualify for the 2008 Games. Probert, who has taken part in every...
challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including four-time Olympian CarlProbert of Fiji. He rounded out the field to last place in 26.61, more than three...
in Beijing. Swimming in heat two, he chased Fiji's five-time Olympian CarlProbert on the final stretch to hit the wall in third place and fifty-seventh...
Samuel Seghers Savannah Tkatchenko Ryan Pini 1:40.02 GR Fiji Meli Malani CarlProbert Yolani Blake Caroline Puamau 1:40.45 New Caledonia Emma Terebo Emmanuel...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank CarlProbert 100 m freestyle 51.34 36 Did not advance 200 m freestyle 1:54.98 45 Did not...
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