Chris Robinson (born 19 February 2001) is an American hurdler. He was the 2023 NCAA champion over

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Early life

He attended James S. Rickards High School in

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, Florida before attending the

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Career

In June 2023, he won the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in

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, running for the University of Alabama, running a personal best 48.12 seconds, which was also a facility record time. He set a new personal best of 47.95 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the Tom Jones Invitational in

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in April 2024. He won the 400m hurdles at the SEC Championships in May 2024. He was runner-up to Caleb Dean at the 2024 NCAA Championships Outdoor Championships final in June 2024. Later that month, he finished in fourth place overall in the 400 metres hurdles at the USATF Olympic Trials in

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. He was one of the athletes who took part in the inaugural

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event in April 2025, running in the long hurdles category of 2025 Grand Slam Track Kingston in Jamaica. In the 400 metres race at the weekend, he ran 45.54 to finish as runner-up in the race to

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. On 19 April 2025, he lowered his personal best for the 400 metres to 44.15 seconds at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida. At the second

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event in

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he finished second behind Dos Santos again in the 400 metres hurdles on 2 May 2025. He then also finished runner-up to Dos Santos in the 400 metres race in their category at the event, in a time of 44.86 seconds. He was named in the American team for the

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, China in May 2025. He was a member of the mixed 4x400 metres relay team alongside

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, Johnnie Blockburger, and Lynna Irby-Jackson, that won their heat with a world-leading time to qualify an American team for the 2025 World Championships. In the final the quartet won the gold medal and broke the championship record to win in 3:09.54. On 1 June 2025, he finished runner-up in the 400 metres in the long hurdles category at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam. He ran a season's best time of 48.05 seconds to win the 400 metres hurdles at the

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on 24 June despite struggling with a kit issue that caused him to adjust his shorts several times mid-race.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robison (hurdler), Chris 2001 births Living people American sprinters American hurdlers Alabama Crimson Tide men's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Florida Sportspeople from Tallahassee, Florida 21st-century American sportsmen