Robert Kasting

Personal information
Full name	Robert A. Kasting
Nickname	"Bob"
National team	Canada
Born	(1950-08-28)August 28, 1950 (age 74) Ottawa,Ontario, canada
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle,butterfly
Club	Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd freestyle 1966 Kingston 4×220 yd freestyle 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m freestyle 1970 Edinburgh 4×200 m freestyle Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 4×100 m freestyle 1967 Winnipeg 4×200 m freestyle 1971 Cali 4×100 m freestyle 1971 Cali 4×200 m freestyle 1971 Cali 100 m freestyle

Robert A. Kasting (born August 28, 1950) is a Canadian former competitionswimmer who specialized infreestyle andbutterfly events. Kasting represented Canada at the1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where he won the bronze medal in themen's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Canadian teammatesErik Fish,Bruce Robertson andWilliam Mahony.

He also competed at the1966 Commonwealth Games and won silver medals in both the 4x110-yard freestyle and the 4x220-yard freestyle. He also won two silver medals and a gold medal at the1970 Commonwealth Games, in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, 4x200-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay, respectively. At the 1972 Olympic Games he finished in 10th place in both the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly.^[1]

Kastings was a member of the Board of Directors forCalgary Olympic Organizing Committee of the1988 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Kasting attendedYale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was a member of theYale Bulldogs swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) andIvy League competition from 1970 to 1972. He was the Bulldogs team captain as a senior in 1972.

He was born inOttawa,Ontario, but raised inLethbridge, Alberta.

Bob Kasting attended McGill Law School and practised law in Vancouver in the areas of administrative law and estate litigation. He was a candidate for mayor of Vancouver in fall of 2014.^[3]

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