Robert Robb
{{Short description|British athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Robert Robb
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|2|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|10|23|1882|2|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = Claygate, Surrey, England
| nationality = British (Northern Irish)
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m/440y
| club = Cliftonville AC
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Robert Campbell Robb (20 February 1882 – 23 October 1941) was a Northern Irish athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69440 |title=Robert Robb |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 April 2025}}
Biography
Robb was nicknamed Bertie and was the son of a prominent Belfast merchant Kirker Robb. He competed for the Belfast-based athletic club Cliftonville AC{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19060611/076/0003 |title=Glentoran Athletic Club |work=Belfast News-Letter |date=11 June 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 April 2025}} and was runner-up at the Irish Championships in 1907 and 1908.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629215533/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/r-c-robb-1.html R. C. Robb]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.
He represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the 400 metres, Robb lost his preliminary heat with a time of 52.5 seconds to winner Ned Merriam's 52.2 seconds. Robb did not advance to the semifinals.
Robb and his brother Victor founded a car engineering company and Robert took out an aviator's licence in 1916. His brother Victor died of sepsis after being shot during World War I.
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 25 July 2006}}
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 25 July 2006|language=pl}}
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Category:Athletes from Belfast
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:British male sprinters
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