Robert Tobin

Robert John Tobin ( born December 20, 1983 in Lincoln ) is an English athlete who won the 2007 bronze medal in the 400 - meter race at the European Indoor Championships. With the British 4 x 400 - meter relay, he stood in all major championships at least once in the final.

Tobin first met at the 2005 World Championships in appearance, when he reached the semi-final over 400 meters. With the British season he took fourth place in the final. In March 2006, the Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne. In individual Tobin reached the semifinals, with the English squadron took Tobin also the fourth place, out of the world championship season of 2005 was only Martyn Rooney also this season with. In August 2006, Tobin first leg of the British squadron was at the European Championships in 2006, along with Rhys Williams, Graham Hedman and Timothy Benjamin, he won the silver medal behind the French team.

At the European Indoor Championships 2007 in Birmingham Tobin reached for the first time in the individual competition, the final, in 46.15 s, he was indeed significantly behind the Irishman David Gillick and the German Bastian Swillims, but in the fight for the bronze medal he won with two hundredths of a second ahead of Sweden Johan Wissman. The next day won the British squadron with Tobin as first runner and Dale Garland, Philip Taylor and Steven Green in front of the squadrons from Russia and Poland, where the British benefited from the fact that the first-placed German team was disqualified because of a jostle. At the 2007 World Championships Tobin ran with the British squadron to sixth place.

With a fifth place for the British relay at the World Indoor Championships in 2008, the Olympic year started a little full of promise for the British squadron at the Olympic Games in 2008, the squadron reached the fourth place, with only the victorious U.S. squadron was both contests against the British. At the 2009 World Championships Tobin came once again to the individual competition, but resigned four years ago from the semi-finals. In the season finale, however, Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin and Martyn Rooney had to be only beaten the U.S. runners in 3:00,53 min won the silver season before the Australian season. Also at the European Championships 2010, the British squadron with Tobin second.

At a height of 1.89 m his competition weight is 73 kg.