Robert Tobin


Robert "Rob" John Tobin 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 and John Tobin. He visited Hammond Community Junior
School in 2009 in awareness for a sports activity happening there.

Career

At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, he won the silver medal in the 4x400 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 4x400m. In 2009 in the World Athletic Championships in Berlin, he was part of the silver medal-winning 4x400 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. With Beijing bringing back his best performance in an Olympic Games of 3rd in the 4x400, 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.