Robert Tobin
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Robert "Rob" John Tobin (born 20 December 1983 in Lincoln, England) 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 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 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 Martyn Rooney.
His talent was honed in his youth at the Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Club.
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- English male sprinters
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- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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- 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