Dan Robinson (runner)

{{Short description|English marathon runner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Dan Robinson

| image =20091018 Dan Robinson Amsterdam Marathon.jpg

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = long-distance

| club = Tipton Harriers

| birth_date = 13 January 1975

| birth_place = Cheltenham, England

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| death_place =

| height =163 cm

| weight =51 kg

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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne|Marathon}}

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Daniel Stephen Rowley Robinson (born 13 January 1975 in Cheltenham) is a former{{cite news|url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/15532237.ATHLETICS__Former_international_runner_Dan_Robinson_prompts_prize_money_boost_at_Stroud_Half_Marathon_next_month/|title=Athletics: Former international runner Dan Robinson prompts prize money boost at Stroud Half Marathon next month|work=Wilts and Glos Standard|date=15 September 2017|accessdate=22 September 2018}} English long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games.

He finished in 12th place in the 2005 World Championships and in 2006 won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. He finished in 9th place in the 2007 London Marathon, securing his place in the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Osaka, where he finished in 11th position.

He ran at the 2009 Great North Run and was the first British man to finish, taking twelfth place.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8265392.stm|title=Lel storms to Great North Run win|department=BBC Sport|date=20 September 2009|accessdate=22 September 2018}} He set a marathon personal best at the 2009 Amsterdam Marathon, recorded a time of 2:12:14 and finishing eleventh.{{cite news|author=van Hemert, Wim|date=18 October 2009|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/another-sizzling-debut-20618-by-yegon-in-am|title=Another sizzling debut - 2:06:18 by Yegon in Amsterdam to break Gebrselassie's course record|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=22 September 2018}} At the 2010 London Marathon, he had to drop out mid-race due to a calf injury. However, remained confident of running at both the 2010 European Athletics Championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games, which he had achieved the qualifying times for.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8651492.stm|title=Dan Robinson on course for marathons despite injury|department=BBC Sport|date=29 April 2009|accessdate=22 September 2018}}