# Rob Harrison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rob_Harrison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rob_Harrison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Harrison > Source revision: 1344595624 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | event = [800 m](/source/800_m), [1500 m](/source/1500_m) | club = [Liverpool Harriers](/source/Liverpool_Harriers) | medaltemplates = }} '''Robert Neil Harrison''' (born 5 June 1959) is a male English former [middle-distance runner](/source/Middle-distance_running).{{World Athletics}} == Biography == Harrison was a member of the [Liverpool Harriers](/source/Liverpool_Harriers){{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}} and finished second behind [Steve Cram](/source/Steve_Cram) in the 800 metres event at the [1984 AAA Championships](/source/1984_AAA_Championships).{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 June 2025}} He is best known for winning the gold medal in the [800 metres](/source/800_metres) at the [1985 European Indoor Championships](/source/1985_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships). He represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games) in the 1500 metres event, at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), [Scotland](/source/Scotland).{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{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}}{{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}} == International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=3|1985 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1985_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Piraeus, Greece](/source/Piraeus%2C_Greece) |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |[1:49.09](/source/1985_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |rowspan=2|[Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_1985_Summer_Universiade) |rowspan=2|[Kobe, Japan](/source/Kobe%2C_Japan) |12th (sf) |800 m |[1:47.99](/source/Athletics_at_the_1985_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |16th (h) |1500 m |[3:47.01](/source/Athletics_at_the_1985_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres) |- |rowspan=2|1986 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Madrid, Spain](/source/Madrid%2C_Spain) |11th (h) |1500 m |[3:48.95](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres) |- |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games) |[Edinburgh, United Kingdom](/source/Edinburgh%2C_United_Kingdom) |4th |1500 m |[3:54.44](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres) |- |1987 |[Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_1987_Summer_Universiade) |[Zagreb, Yugoslavia](/source/Zagreb%2C_Yugoslavia) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |[3:45.13](/source/Athletics_at_the_1987_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres) |- |1990 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Glasgow, United Kingdom](/source/Glasgow%2C_United_Kingdom) |8th |1500 m |[3:53.29](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres) |} == Personal bests == '''Outdoor''' *[800 metres](/source/800_metres) – 1:45.31 (Oslo 1984) *[1000 metres](/source/1000_metres) – 2:17.20 (London 1984) *[1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) – 3:35.74 (Cwmbran 1986) *[One mile](/source/Mile_run) – 3:53.85 (Nice 1986) '''Indoor''' *[800 metres](/source/800_metres) – 1:47.72 (Piraeus 1985) *[1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) – 3:42.95 (Cosford 1985) *[One mile](/source/Mile_run) – 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 {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rob Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Harrison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Harrison?action=history)). 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