Rob Harrison (runner)

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Robert Neil Harrison (born 5 June 1959) is a male English former middle-distance runner.{{World Athletics}}

Athletics career

Harrison is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. He represented England in the 1500 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36600|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118083417/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36600|url-status=dead}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
rowspan=3\|1985 \|European Indoor Championships \|Piraeus, Greece \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|800 m \|1:49.09
rowspan=2\|Universiade \|rowspan=2\|Kobe, Japan \|12th (sf) \|800 m \|1:47.99
16th (h) \|1500 m \|3:47.01
rowspan=2\|1986 \|European Indoor Championships \|Madrid, Spain \|11th (h) \|1500 m \|3:48.95
Commonwealth Games \|Edinburgh, United Kingdom \|4th \|1500 m \|3:54.44
1987 \|Universiade \|Zagreb, Yugoslavia \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|1500 m \|3:45.13
1990 \|European Indoor Championships \|Glasgow, United Kingdom \|8th \|1500 m \|3:53.29

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}

rowspan=3|1985

|European Indoor Championships

|Piraeus, Greece

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:49.09

rowspan=2|Universiade

|rowspan=2|Kobe, Japan

|12th (sf)

|800 m

|1:47.99