{{Short description|English javelin thrower (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mark Roberson | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|03|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cambridge, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin | agent = | height = | weight = | club = Haringey AC }}

'''Mark W. Roberson''' (born 13 March 1967) is a retired javelin thrower. He represented England at four successive Commonwealth Games between 1990 and 2002.

== Biography == He won the silver medal at the 1986 World Junior Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wj.htm|title=IAAF World Junior Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 October 2019}}</ref> finished sixth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1472|title=Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Auckland 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> seventh at the 1994 Commonwealth Games,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/event/1472|title=Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Victoria 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> sixth at the 1998 European Championships, fourth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and sixth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

Roberson was twice British javelin throw champion after winning the 1997 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref> and the 2001 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAAJT.htm|title=AAA and National Championships Medallists|website=NUTS}}</ref>

His personal best throw was 85.67 metres, achieved in July 1998 in Gateshead.<ref name=bio/>

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