Christian Obrist

Christian Obrist
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1980-09-20) September 20, 1980
Brixen, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle distance running
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500 m: 3:34.22 (2007)

Christian Obrist (born November 20, 1980 in Brixen) is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 m.

Biography

Obrist finished seventh in the 1500 m final at both the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was also a semi-finalist at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

His personal best time is 3:34.32 minutes, achieved in September 2007 in Rieti. He first represented the sports club SSV Brixen,[1] than C.S. Carabinieri.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th 1500m 3:39.58
2002 European Championships Munchen, Germany 7th 1500 metres 3:46.57
2008 Olympiuc Games Beijing, China 11th 1500 metres 3:39.87 [2]
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 7th 1500 metres 3:43.91

National championships

Christian Obrist has won 12 times the individual national championship.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. Chronik SSV Brixen
  2. He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.
  3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

External links

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