Donald Robertson (athlete)
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| Born | 7 October 1905 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 June 1949 (aged 43) Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | marathon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Donald McNab Robertson (7 October 1905 – 14 June 1949) was a Scottish athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Robertson born in Glasgow, represented Scotland at the 1934 Empire Games and won the silver medal in the marathon competition.[1]
In 1936, he finished seventh in the Olympic marathon event.[2] Two years later Robertson finished fourth in the marathon contest at the 1938 Empire Games.
Between 1932 and 1939 Robertson won six marathon titles at the prestigious AAA Championships.[3]
He died in Glasgow 14 June 1949 from a pulmonary embolism aged 43.
References
[edit]- ^ "1938 athletes". Team Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
Categories:
- 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
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen