Christian Obrist

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle distance running

| club = C.S. Carabinieri

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| birth_place = Brixen, Italy

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1500 m: 3:34.22 (2007)

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Christian Obrist (born 20 November 1980 in Brixen) is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 m.

Biography

Obrist finished seventh in the 1500 m final at both the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was also a semi-finalist at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

His personal best time is 3:35.32 minutes, achieved in September 2007 in Rieti. He first represented the sports club SSV Brixen,[http://www.ssv-brixen.info/leichtathletik/chronik.html Chronik SSV Brixen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233553/http://www.ssv-brixen.info/leichtathletik/chronik.html |date=2011-07-21 }} than C.S. Carabinieri.

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
2001 \|European U23 Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|4th \|1500m \|3:39.58
2002 \|European Championships \|Munich, Germany \|7th \|1500 metres \|3:46.57
2008 \|Olympic Games \|Beijing, China \|11th \|1500 metres \|3:39.87 He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.
2010 \|European Championships \|Barcelona, Spain \|7th \|1500 metres \|3:43.91

colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}

2001

|European U23 Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|4th

|1500m

|3:39.58

2002

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|7th

|1500 metres

|3:46.57

2008

|Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|11th

|1500 metres

|3:39.87 He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.

2010

|European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|7th

|1500 metres

|3:43.91

National titles

Christian Obrist has won 12 times the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |accessdate=14 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=14 December 2012}}