Robert Alan Newton (born 10 May 1981) is a British former athlete who participated in the hurdles events. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Biography
In 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler and competed for Team GB at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he reached the second round of the 110 m hurdles competition. He was the only openly gay British Olympian that year.
He became British 110 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships in 2004.
After not racing at all in 2005, Newton transitioned to the 400 metre hurdles along with the 110 metre hurdles in 2006, achieving a 51.88 personal best in that event. He has no recorded races since 2006.
In 2012, he worked as a sports massage therapist.
National titles
1997: Amateur Athletics Association U17 400m hurdles gold medal winner
1999: English Schools' 110m hurdles gold medal winner
1999: AAA U20 110m hurdles gold medal winner
2000: AAA U20 110m hurdles silver medalist
2001: AAA U23 110m hurdles gold medal winner
2003: Inter-Countries 110m hurdles gold medal winner
2004: British National Championships 110m hurdles gold medal winner
Personal bests
110 m hurdles Personal Best: 13.36 in 2004
In the UK All-time Top Ten with a 60m hurdles personal best of 7.69, in the 2004 Norwich Union Indoor Trials.