Christian Obrist (born 20 November 1980 in Brixen) is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500-metre run.
Biography Obrist finished seventh in the 1500 metres 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 3:35.32 minutes, achieved in September 2007 in Rieti. He first represented the sports club SSV Brixen,Chronik SSV Brixen than C.S. Carabinieri.
Achievements Representing 2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands4th1500 metres3:39.582002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th1500 metres3:46.572008Olympic GamesBeijing, China11th1500 metres3:39.87 He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7th1500 metres3:43.91
National titles Christian Obrist has won 12 times the individual national championship. 8 wins in the 1500 metres (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012) 4 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (2001, 2006, 2008, 2009)
See also Italian all-time top lists - 1500 metres
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