Rob Harrison

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rob Harrison | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|06|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Liverpool, England | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = 800 m, 1500 m | club = Liverpool Harriers | medaltemplates = }} '''Robert Neil Harrison''' (born 5 June 1959) is a male English former middle-distance runner.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

== Biography == Harrison was a member of the Liverpool Harriers<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19840829/393/0031 |title=Rob Harrison busy schedule |work=Liverpool Echo |date=29 August 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref> and finished second behind Steve Cram in the 800 metres event at the 1984 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=15 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref>

He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. He represented England in the 1500 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36600|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118083417/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36600|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=3|1985 |European Indoor Championships |Piraeus, Greece |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |1:49.09 |- |rowspan=2|Universiade |rowspan=2|Kobe, Japan |12th (sf) |800 m |1:47.99 |- |16th (h) |1500 m |3:47.01 |- |rowspan=2|1986 |European Indoor Championships |Madrid, Spain |11th (h) |1500 m |3:48.95 |- |Commonwealth Games |Edinburgh, United Kingdom |4th |1500 m |3:54.44 |- |1987 |Universiade |Zagreb, Yugoslavia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |3:45.13 |- |1990 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |8th |1500 m |3:53.29 |}

== Personal bests == '''Outdoor''' *800 metres – 1:45.31 (Oslo 1984) *1000 metres – 2:17.20 (London 1984) *1500 metres – 3:35.74 (Cwmbran 1986) *One mile – 3:53.85 (Nice 1986) '''Indoor''' *800 metres – 1:47.72 (Piraeus 1985) *1500 metres – 3:42.95 (Cosford 1985) *One mile – 3:59.35 (Cosford 1985)

== References == {{Reflist}} *[http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/athlete/286885 All-Athletics profile] {{Footer European Indoor Champions 800m Men}} {{Footer UK NC 800 Metres Men}} {{Footer UK NC 1500 Metres Men}} {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 1500 metres champions}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Rob}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England