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)
Born20 December 1983
Lincoln, England
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m
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. 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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