Robert "Rob" John Tobin (born 20 December 1983 in

Lincoln, England Lincoln () is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district, district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town. In the 2021 Census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. The 2021 census gave the Lincoln Urban Area, u ...

) is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.

Personal life

Tobin was born Robert John Tobin the youngest of two children born to Jacqueline (née Chidlow) and John Tobin.

Career

At the

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, he won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay along with Rhys Williams,

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and

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, in a time of 3 minutes and 1.63 seconds. He won the bronze medal in the

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at the

2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, from Friday, 2 March to Sunday, 4 March 2007. Birmingham also held the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 9th IAAF Wor ...

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, 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 at the Commonwealth Games. He has been to three Olympic Games (Athens, Beijing and London). With Beijing bringing back his best performance in an Olympic Games of 3rd in the 4 × 400, in a time of 2 minutes 58.81 seconds with Andrew Steele, Michael Bingham and

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. His talent was honed in his youth at the Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Club.

References

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Rob Tobin Team GB Profile
1983 births Living people English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Lincoln, England World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners British Athletics Championships winners Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{England-sprint-athletics-bio-stub