ROBINSON Brett

Date of Birth: 8 May 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CANBERRA, ACT

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Marathon	66

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's Marathon Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14th (13:32.30)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (13:49.63)
2013	Moscow, RUS	15th (14:03.77)

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	188
8	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	156
30	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	33:34
DNF	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	DNF

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
12	Marathon	2018/2019	London, GBR	2:10:55

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, French

Melbourne Track Club [Australia]

Nic Bideau [club], AUS

He suffered a femoral stress fracture in his left leg in early 2017 and was out for almost a year. He was unable to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, as a result. (3xsport.com, 27 Jun 2017; theage.com.au, 25 Jan 2019; theadvocate.com.au, 22 Sep 2017)

In early 2014 he suffered from iliotibial band syndrome in his knee. As he pushed to return to fitness, he developed swelling near his navicular [foot] bone and missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (heraldsun.com.au, 03 Dec 2015; runnerstribe.com, 20 Nov 2014)

Philosophy:

"I feel as though people get away from pure racing these days. Everyone is obsessed by time and paces but ignore the feeling of running." (tempojournal.com, 28 Oct 2019)

General Interest

General
TOKYO MARATHON FOCUS
In 2018 he began preparing to compete in the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, having previously specialised in track and cross-country running. He competed in the 5000m at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "It's going to be very hot for that marathon, they're saying it will be the hottest Olympics ever, so that will be fun. I'll still go back and forth with track running. If you run marathons all the time you kill your body and lose that quick speed, which you still need in a marathon." (theage.com.au, 25 Jan 2019)

SUB-TWO HOUR MARATHON PACEMAKER
In 2019 he was part of the pacemaking team when Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge ran the first ever sub-two hour marathon in Vienna, Austria. However, the result did not count as an official record because it was not run under race conditions. "It was to be part of history, people will always talk about it. It's like [British runner] Roger Bannister breaking four minutes for the mile for the first time and 60 years later they are still talking about that." (ineos159challenge.com, 27 Jul 2019; brisbanetimes.com.au, 10 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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