Grant Robison (born September 27, 1978) is a retired

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, who competed in the

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events. He represented the United States at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Robison won the bronze medal in the men's 1,500 metres at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

. During college he ran for

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Running career

High school

Robison attended and ran at

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, where he graduated in 1996. He left McMinnville as the all-time school record-holder for the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

and

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

disciplines, having personal bests of 3:56.06 and 8:32.79, respectively.

Collegiate

Robison ran for

, a school with a prestigious track program. After running for the school's cross country team as a freshman in 2000, he went on a two-year Mormon mission. Robison made a return to collegiate track in 2002, and won the 1500-metre at the 2003 NCAA Div I Outdoor Track Championships with a time of 3:40.39.
NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships – June 14, 2003

Post-collegiate

Robison qualified for the

by satisfying the Olympic A norm, allowing him to go to the Olympics in spite of not finishing in the Olympic berths at the 2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), US Olympic Trials. In the men's 1500-meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Robison did not qualify past the first round, finishing in 11th out of 14 athletes in his heat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robison, Grant 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Mountain View, California Track and field athletes from California American male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games