Dallas Robinson (born March 30, 1982) is an American soldier and
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der.
Robinson graduated from
Oldham County High School
Oldham County High School (OCHS) is a public high school in Buckner, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1953 and has a student body of approximately 1,600 students in 9th through 12th grades. OCHS was given the National Blue Ribbon School ...
in Buckner Kentucky and
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. As a regional comprehensive institution, EKU also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, Lancaster, and Manchester and offers over 40 online un ...
and
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville University (CU) is a private Christian university in Campbellsville, Kentucky. It was founded as Russell Creek Academy and enrolls more than 12,000 students. The university offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees.
In 2 ...
.
He is known as a sprinter but was also in the USA Rugby 7's and 15's pool of athletes in 2009 and 2010. In 2008 he was ranked 1st in the United States in the 55m Dash and top 10 in both the 60m and 200m races.
Robinson competed in the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
,
Russia
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in both two man and four man bobsled finishing 11th and 10th.
References
External links
Dallas Robinson's Official Website
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1982 births
Living people
Oldham County High School alumni
American male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for the United States
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program