Carl Probert
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Carl Harvie Probert 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
.
He also competed for Fiji at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
and at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
.
He has been a student at the University of Sydney
.
In 2008, Probert qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
. 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.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
. He swam for Fiji at the 1992
Fiji at the 1992 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 100m metres*Gabrieli Qoro* Heat — 11.14 Men's 5.000 metres*Davendra Singh* Heat — did not start Men's 10.000 metres*Bineshwar Prasad...
, 1996
Fiji at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Fiji competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's 4x400m Relay* Soloveni Nakaunicina, Henry Semiti, Solomone Bole, and Isireli Naikelekelevesi* Heat — 3:10.67 -Weightlifting:...
, 2000
Fiji at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 800m* Isireli Naike Leke Levesi*# Round 1 – 01:49.61 -Sailing:Men's Mistral* Tony Philp*# Race 1 – 17*# Race 2 – 11*# Race 3 – 3*# Race 4 – 21*# Race 5 –...
, 2004
Fiji at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fiji competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Archery:Men's individual:* Rob Elder - 48th place-Athletics:Women's 400 metres:* Makelesi Bulikiobo - Round 1: 53.58 sMen's 800 metres:...
and 2008 Olympics
Fiji at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Fiji sent a team to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was female sprinter Makelesi Bulikiobo...
.
He also competed for Fiji at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
and at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...
.
He has been a student at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
.
In 2008, Probert qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. He has not won an Olympic medal. Probert was the only Fiji Islander seeking qualification, as both Caroline Pickering and Rachel Ah Koy
Rachel Ah Koy
Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...
announced they would not taking part in the Games.