Eden Robinson (athlete)

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Eden Robinson
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 (age 18)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m hurdles: 14.03s (2024)
Long jump 6.05m (2024)

Eden Robinson (born 27 November 2006) is a Welsh multi-event athlete. She won the heptathlon at the 2024 British Athletics Championships and competed in the heptathlon for Great Britain at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]

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Early life

She was educated at Millfield. In October 2024, she was named Welsh junior athlete of the year. [2]

Career

She is a member of the Cardiff Archers athletics club, in Cardiff, Wales. [3]

2023

She was the 2023 England under-17 heptathlon silver medallist. [4] In September 2023, she finished third in the heptathlon at the English Schools Combined Event & Race Walk Championships, in Bedford, behind winner Thea Brown. Robinson's tally of 5213 points moved her to eighth on the British U-17 all-time list, ahead of Katarina Johnson-Thompson. [5]

2024

She won the heptathlon title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with a tally of 5597 points. [6] [7]

She was selected for the long jump competition for the British under-20 team at the Mannheim International in Germany in June 2024. [8] She competed in the heptathlon, at the age of 17 years-old, at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing fifth overall and moving third on the Welsh all-time rankings for the heptathlon with a tally of 5597 points. [9] [10] Her performance included a personal best of 14.03 in the 100m hurdles. [11]

2025

In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [12] She was named in the British team for the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. [13]

Personal life

She is the daughter of British long jumper Michelle Griffith-Robinson and Welsh rugby union international player Matthew Robinson. She has brothers Reese and Elijah. [14] [15]

References

  1. "Eden Robinson". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. "MILLFIELD STUDENT CROWNED WELSH JUNIOR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR". Millfieldschool. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. "EDEN ROBINSON & ABIGAIL PAWLETT ANNOUNCED FOR 2024/25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME". Welsh Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. "U15/U17 and Junior para champs, U20/Senior combined events champs: preview". England Athletics. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. Smythe, Steve (19 September 2023). "Thea Brown goes No.4 all-time surpassing KJT – UK track results" . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. "England Athletics U15/U17 Open Champs, Senior & U20 Combined Events Champs & UK CE Champs, JNR Para". World Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. "Teenage sprinter Divine Iheme excels at England U15 and U17 Champs". Athletics Weekly. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. "GB & NI JUNIORS SET FOR 2024 MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL". British Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  9. "Spotlight on our Athletes - 2024 Award Winners". Welsh Athletics. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. Henderson, Jason (29 August 2024). "World under-20 100m titles go to Alana Reid and Bayanda Walaza". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. "WEDDERBURN-GOODISON AND WILSON BOOK FINAL PLACES IN LIMA". British Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. "NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE U20 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  14. Ridout, Joanne (22 October 2024). "'This is much harder than playing rugby' The challenging home renovation of a former Welsh international and his Olympian wife". Wales Online. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  15. Stubbs, Lolo (10 June 2022). "MICHELLE GRIFFITH ROBINSON – OLYMPIAN, SPEAKER & CAMPAIGNER". Broodmagazine. Retrieved 11 November 2024.