Robbie Simpson (runner)

{{short description|British long-distance runner}}

{{About|the runner|other people|Robbie Simpson (disambiguation)}}

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| caption = Simpson at the 2017 London Marathon

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| birth_place = Wegberg, Germany[https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6025746-robbie-simpson.htm Robbie Simpson]. GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

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| country = Great Britain, Scotland

| sport = Athletics

| event = Marathon

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{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Gold Coast|Marathon}}

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's mountain running}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Betws-y-Coed|Senior race}}

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{{Medal|Silver|2014 Gap|Senior race}}

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Robbie Simpson (born 14 November 1991) is a British male long-distance runner who competes in marathon and mountain running events. He was a silver medallist at the 2014 European Mountain Running Championships and a bronze medallist at the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships. He won his first international marathon medal (a bronze) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Simpson has competed five times at the European Mountain Running Championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) and five times at the World Mountain Running Championships (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015).[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=32493 Robbie Simpson]. Power of 10. Retrieved 2018-04-15. He won the 2016 and 2018 editions of the Jungfrau Marathon and ranked in the top 20 at the 2016 and 2017 London Marathon. He holds a personal best of 2:14:56 for the marathon.[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/robbie-simpson-296498 Robbie Simpson]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-04.