Christian Obrist

Christian Obrist

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980 (age 45) Brixen, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best	1500 m: 3:34.22 (2007)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 1500 metres

Christian Obrist (born 20 November 1980 in Brixen) is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 m.

Biography

Obrist finished seventh in the 1500 m 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, ^[1] than C.S. Carabinieri.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Italy
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	1500m	3:39.58
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	1500 metres	3:46.57
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	11th	1500 metres	3:39.87 [2]
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	7th	1500 metres	3:43.91

National titles

Christian Obrist has won 12 times the individual national championship. ^{[3] [4]}

• 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

References

1. Chronik SSV Brixen Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
2. He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

External links

• Christian Obrist at World Athletics
• Christian Obrist at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Christian Obrist at Olympics.com
• Christian Obrist at Olympedia