Phil Rogers | |
Fullname: | Philip John Rogers |
Nicknames: | "Phil" |
Strokes: | Breaststroke |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1971 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
Weight: | 81kg (179lb) |
Philip John Rogers (born 24 April 1971) is a former breaststroke swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]
At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal in the 100-metre breaststroke, followed by a bronze in 1996 in the 4x100-metre medley relay. During his last Olympic appearance, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was the oldest member of the Australian Swimming team, at age 29.[2]