Robbie Simpson (born 14 November 1991) is a British male long-distance runner who competes in marathon and mountain running events. He was a silver medallist at the 2014 European Mountain Running Championships and a bronze medallist at the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships. He won his first international marathon medal (a bronze) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Simpson has competed five times at the European Mountain Running Championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) and five times at the World Mountain Running Championships (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015).Robbie Simpson. Power of 10. Retrieved 2018-04-15. He won the 2016 and 2018 editions of the Jungfrau Marathon and ranked in the top 20 at the 2016 and 2017 London Marathon. He holds a personal best of 2:14:56 for the marathon.Robbie Simpson. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
International competitions 2008World Mountain Running TrophyCrans-Montana, Switzerland42ndJunior race47:01.12009World Mountain Running ChampionshipsMadesimo, Italy18thJunior race42:33European Mountain Running ChampionshipsTelfes, Austria14thJunior race54:342011Commonwealth Mountain Running ChampionshipsLlanberis, United Kingdom2ndSenior race50:202012World Mountain Running ChampionshipPonte di Legno, Italy18thSenior race66:47European Mountain Running ChampionshipsDenizli–Pamukkale, Turkey19thSenior race53:232013European Mountain Running ChampionshipsBorovets, Bulgaria29thSenior race61:462014World Mountain Running ChampionshipsMassa, Italy30thSenior race60:39European Mountain Running ChampionshipsGap, France2ndSenior race56:192015World Mountain Running ChampionshipsBetws-y-Coed, United Kingdom3rdSenior race50:313rdSenior team46 ptsEuropean Mountain Running ChampionshipsPorto Moniz, Portugal4thSenior race63:202018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rdMarathon2:19:36
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