Toby Robinson
{{Short description|English swimmer (born 1996)}}
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Tobias Patrick Robinson (born 22 August 1996) is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/60491 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=1 August 2022}} and Great Britain at the Olympic Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1030274/tobias-patrick-robinson |title=Tobias Patrick Robinson |publisher=Fina |access-date=1 August 2022}}
Biography
Robinson trains out of Loughborough University and competed in the Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km where he finished in 21st place.{{cite web |url=https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/06/08/ebb81413-5888-4614-8536-249c0d292fd2/BUDAPEST_WCH_10.pdf |title=Schedule |publisher=fina.org |date=15 June 2022}} In 2022, he also won a silver medal behind Daniel Jervis in the 1500m freestyle event at the 2022 British Swimming Championships.{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/tobias-robinson |title=Team England profile |publisher=Team England |access-date=1 August 2022}}
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle, finishing in 10th place and the men's 1500 metre freestyle where he finished in 4th. Robinson joined the team following the withdrawal of Max Litchfield.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.org/sport/toby-robinson-commonwealth-games-selection/ |title=Swim England profile |date=15 July 2022 |publisher=Swim England |access-date=1 August 2022}}
Robinson came 15th in 10km Open Water at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, earning a guaranteed place in the same event at the Olympics. He then won the 800 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships{{cite web|url=https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2024/AquaticsGBChamps/ |title=Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 |website=Swimming.org | access-date=9 April 2024}} and subsequently competed for Team GB at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 10km, finishing in 14th place.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/68825731 |title=Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games |work=BBC Sport |date=16 April 2024 |access-date=16 April 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics|name=Tobias Patrick Robinson}}
- {{SwimRankings|name=Tobias Robinson}}
- {{Team England|tobias-robinson|Tobias Robinson}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60491|Toby Robinson}}
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Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male long-distance swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Wolverhampton