Curtis Robb
{{Short description|British middle-distance runner}}
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|birth_place = Merseyside, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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1500 metres: 3:38.56
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Curtis Robb (born 7 June 1972) is a former British middle distance runner, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, in 1992 and 1996.
Running career
Robb first began running with Liverpool Harriers & AC, a racing team based in Liverpool, at the age of 12.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolharriers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Curtis-Robb-Profile.pdf|author=Liverpool Harriers & AC|title=Curtis Robb|date=December 2009|accessdate=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000526/http://www.liverpoolharriers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Curtis-Robb-Profile.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}} From the age of 17, he was coached by Ernie Gallagher, a former miler who had raced Roger Bannister in the 1950s. Robb made his Olympic debut in the men's 800 meters at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth overall. At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, Robb raced in the men's 800 metres, where he was involved in a controversy in his semi-final after cutting in front of Johnny Gray, with Gray losing his step.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/sports/track-and-field-controversies-and-victories-in-the-world-meet.html|author=Frank Litsky|title=The New York Times: TRACK AND FIELD; Controversies and Victories in the World Meet.|date=16 August 1993|accessdate=6 December 2015}} In the men's 800 at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Robb made it to the semifinal round, but did not make it to the final round.
After his racing career, Robb became a surgeon.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18769451 |title=The curious world of long-term bets |last=Westcott |first=Kathryn |date=2012-07-09 |publisher=BBC News}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2659 GB Olympic Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203104039/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2659 |date=3 February 2010 }}
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Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:People educated at Liverpool College
Category:Athletes from Liverpool
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain