Toby Robinson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tobias Patrick Robinson |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 22 August 1996 Wolverhampton, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event | freestyle |
Tobias Patrick Robinson (born 22 August 1996) is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Robinson trains out of Loughborough University and competed in the Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km where he finished in 21st place.[3] In 2022, he also won a silver medal behind Daniel Jervis in the 1500m freestyle event at the 2022 British Swimming Championships.[4]
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle, finishing in 10th place and the men's 1500 metre freestyle where he finished in 4th.[1] Robinson joined the team following the withdrawal of Max Litchfield.[5]
Robinson won the 800 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships[6] and subsequently competed for the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Tobias Patrick Robinson". Fina. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Schedule" (PDF). fina.org. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Swim England profile". Swim England. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Tobias Patrick Robinson at World Aquatics
- Tobias Robinson at Swimrankings.net
- Tobias Robinson at Team England
- Toby Robinson at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1996 births
- Living people
- English male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- British male long-distance swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Wolverhampton
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain