Robert Newton (athlete)
Encyclopedia
Robert Alan Newton is a British
hurdling
athlete. As of 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler. However, competing for Team GB at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens, Newton failed to qualify for the second round of the 110 m hurdles competition.
United Kingdom
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hurdling
Hurdling
Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...
athlete. As of 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler. However, competing for Team GB at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens, Newton failed to qualify for the second round of the 110 m hurdles competition.
Achievements
- 1997
- Amateur Athletics Association U17 400m hurdles400 metres hurdlesThe 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...
gold medal winner
- Amateur Athletics Association U17 400m hurdles
- 1999
- English Schools' 110m hurdles110 metres hurdlesThe 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...
hurdles gold medal winner - AAA U20 110m hurdles gold medal winner
- English Schools' 110m hurdles
- 2000
- AAA U20 110m hurdles silver medalist
- 2001
- AAA U23 110m hurdles gold medal winner
- 2003
- Inter-Countries 110m hurdles gold medal winner
Personal bests
- 110 m hurdles Personal Best: 13.36 in 2004
- In the UK All-time Top Ten with a 60m hurdles personal best of 7.69, in the 2004 Norwich Union Indoor Trials.