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Chris Robinson (hurdler)
American hurdler (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chris Robinson (born 19 February 2001) is an American hurdler. He was the 2023 NCAA champion over 400 metres hurdles.[1]
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Early life
He attended James S. Rickards High School in Tallahassee, Florida before attending the University of Alabama.[2]
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In June 2023, he won the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas, running for the University of Alabama, running a personal best 48.12 seconds, which was also a facility record time.[3][4]
He set a new personal best of 47.95 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville, Florida in April 2024.[5] He won the 400m hurdles at the SEC Championships in May 2024.[6] He was runner-up to Caleb Dean at the 2024 NCAA Championships Outdoor Championships final in June 2024.[7] Later that month, he finished in fourth place overall in the 400 metres hurdles at the USATF Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.[8]
He was one of the athletes who took part in the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in April 2025, running in the long hurdles category of 2025 Grand Slam Track Kingston in Jamaica.[9] In the 400 metres race at the weekend, he ran 45.54 to finish as runner-up in the race to Alison Dos Santos.[10] On 19 April 2025, he lowered his personal best for the 400 metres to 44.15 seconds at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.[11] At the second 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami he finished second behind Dos Santos again in the 400 metres hurdles on 2 May 2025.[12] He then also finished runner-up to Dos Santos in the 400 metres race in their category at the event, in a time of 44.86 seconds.[13]
He was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[14] He was a member of the mixed 4x400 metres relay team alongside Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger, and Lynna Irby-Jackson, that won their heat with a world-leading time to qualify an American team for the 2025 World Championships.[15] In the final the quartet won the gold medal and broke the championship record to win in 3:09.54.[16]
On 1 June 2025 he finished runner-up in the 400 metres in the long hurdles category at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam.[17]
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