Robert Newton (athlete)

For other people of the same name, see Robert Newton (disambiguation).

Robert Alan Newton (born 10 May 1981 in Nottingham, England)[1] is a British hurdling athlete. As of 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler. However, competing for Team GB at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Newton failed to qualify for the second round of the 110 m hurdles competition. He was the only openly gay British Olympian that year.[2]

National titles

Personal bests

References

  1. http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bion1/newton03.html
  2. Townley, Ben (24 August 2004). "Athens 2004: UK's only gay athlete talks". Gay.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2012.


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