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Donald Robertson (athlete)

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Donald Robertson
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1934 London Marathon

Donald McNab Robertson (7 October 1905 – 14 June 1949) was a Scottish athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Glasgow and died there from a pulmonary embolism aged 43.

In 1936 he finished seventh in the Olympic marathon event.

At the 1934 Empire Games he won the silver medal in the marathon competition. Four years later he finished fourth in the marathon contest at the 1938 Empire Games.