Robbie Simpson (born 14 November 1991) is a British male long-distance runner who competes in marathon and mountain running events. He was a silver medallist at the 2014 European Mountain Running Championships and a bronze medallist at the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships. He won his first international marathon medal (a bronze) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wegberg, Germany[1] | 14 November 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Marathon: 2:14:56 (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simpson has competed five times at the European Mountain Running Championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) and five times at the World Mountain Running Championships (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015).[2] He won the 2016 and 2018 editions of the Jungfrau Marathon and ranked in the top 20 at the 2016 and 2017 London Marathon. He holds a personal best of 2:14:56 for the marathon.[3]
International competitions
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Robbie Simpson. GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ Robbie Simpson. Power of 10. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ Robbie Simpson. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
External links
edit- Robbie Simpson at World Athletics
- Robbie Simpson at the German Ultramarathon Association
- Robbie Simpson at ThePowerOf10.info
- Robbie Simpson at ARRS
- Robbie Simpson at ITRA