{{Short description|British middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Curtis Robb |image = |imagesize = |caption = | sport = Track | event = 800 meters, 1500 meters | nationality = British (English) |club = Liverpool Harriers |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|06|07}} |birth_place = Liverpool, England |height =188 cm |weight =75 kg |pb = '''800 metres''': 1:44.92<ref name="All-Athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/37042|author=All-Athletics|title=Profile of Curtis Robb|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072803/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/37042|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br> '''1500 metres''': 3:38.56<ref name="All-Athletics"/> |medaltemplates = }} '''Curtis Alexander Robb''' (born 7 June 1972) is a former middle distance runner, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, in 1992 and 1996.
== Biography == Robb first began running with Liverpool Harriers & AC, a racing team based in Liverpool, at the age of 12.<ref name="Liverpool">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolharriers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Curtis-Robb-Profile.pdf|author=Liverpool Harriers & AC|title=Curtis Robb|date=December 2009|accessdate=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000526/http://www.liverpoolharriers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Curtis-Robb-Profile.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> From the age of 17, he was coached by Ernie Gallagher, a former miler who had raced Roger Bannister in the 1950s.<ref name="Liverpool"/>
Robb made his Olympic debut in the men's 800 meters at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth overall. At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, Robb raced in the men's 800 metres, where he was involved in a controversy in his semi-final after cutting in front of Johnny Gray, with Gray losing his step.<ref name="Litsky">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/sports/track-and-field-controversies-and-victories-in-the-world-meet.html|author=Frank Litsky|title=The New York Times: ''TRACK AND FIELD; Controversies and Victories in the World Meet''.|date=16 August 1993|accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref> In the men's 800 at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Robb made it to the semifinal round, but did not make it to the final round.
Robb was a three-times British 800 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1992 AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref>1995 AAA Championships and 1996 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref>
After his racing career, Robb became a surgeon.<ref name="westcott20120709">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18769451 |title=The curious world of long-term bets |last=Westcott |first=Kathryn |date=2012-07-09 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2659 GB Olympic Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203104039/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2659 |date=3 February 2010 }} {{Footer UK NC 800 Metres Men}} {{Footer UK NC 1500 Metres Men}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robb, Curtis}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:People educated at Liverpool College Category:Athletes from Liverpool Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Category:English men middle-distance runners