Donald Robertson (athlete)
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Men's athletics | ||
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British Empire Games | ||
1934 London | Marathon |
Donald McNab Robertson (7 October 1905 – 14 June 1949) was a Scottish athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Glasgow and died there from a pulmonary embolism aged 43.
In 1936 he finished seventh in the Olympic marathon event.
At the 1934 Empire Games he won the silver medal in the marathon competition. Four years later he finished fourth in the marathon contest at the 1938 Empire Games.
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- 1905 births
- 1949 deaths
- Athletes from Glasgow
- Scottish male long-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Deaths from pulmonary embolism
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Scottish athletics biography stubs