Robert Tobin

This article is about the British athlete. For the American scholar of literary, cultural, and sexuality studies, see Robert Deam Tobin.

Rob Tobin
Tobin (left) with the GB 4 × 400 m team at the World Championships in 2009
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 42)
Lincoln, England
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
400m
ClubBasingstoke & Mid Hants AC
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Gothenburg 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Birmingham 400 m
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 4 × 400 m relay

Robert John Tobin (born 20 December 1983) is an English former sprinter and 400 metres runner who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Tobin was the youngest of two children born to Jacqueline (née Chidlow) and John Tobin.[citation needed] His talent was honed in his youth at the Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Club and has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.

At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, he won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay along with Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman and Timothy Benjamin, in a time of 3 minutes and 1.63 seconds. He won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, also in the same championships picking up a gold in the 4 × 400 m. In 2009 in the World Athletic Championships in Berlin, he was part of the silver medal-winning 4 × 400 relay team. 2010 saw him picking up two medals a silver in the European Athletics Championships and a bronze representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[2]

He has been to two Olympic Games (Athens, Beijing and London), with Beijing bringing back his best performance in an Olympic Games of third in the 4 × 400, in a time of 2 minutes 58.81 seconds with Andrew Steele, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney.[1]

Tobin became the British 400 metres champion after winning the British Athletics Championships in 2009.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Delhi 2010 Team". Team England. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
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