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Bob Sohl
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1928-2001) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 73
Robert Raymond Sohl was an American competition swimmer, a breaststroke world record holder and a 1948 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke.
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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.