Eve Robson

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Eve Robson
Eve Robson at Cowal Highland Gathering.jpg
Personal information
National teamEngland
Home townHurworth-on-Tees
EducationMiddlesbrough College
OccupationHighland Games competitor
Years active2022 - present
Sport
SportHighland Games; heavy athletics
Coached byDavid Dowson
Achievements and titles
World finalsWorld Highland Games Championships 2025 (first) World Highland Games Championships 2022 (second)

Eve Robson is a British heavy athlete and Highland Games competitor. She won the International World Highland Games Federation (IHGF) Amateur World Highland Games Championships held in Fefor, Norway in 2025 and was the first English woman to do so. [1] The same year Robson came joint second in the first World Female Heavy Events Championship with the American athlete, Gabriella Rinehart, at Glen Urquhart Highland Gathering and Games. [2] [3] [4]

Originally from Hurworth-on-Tees, England, Robson took up the sport in 2022, becoming Scottish champion in 2023. [1] The same year she came second in the World Highland Games Championships, beaten by American athlete Amber Tiedeman. [5] Robson's coach is David Dowson, a former Highland Games competitor; she has been training with him in athletic throwing events since she was 14 years old. [1] [6]

Educated at Middlesbrough College, [6] to raise money to travel for competitions, Robson has arm-wrestled customers in the pub where she worked. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Darlington strongwoman wins title after arm-wrestling fundraising". BBC News. 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  2. "World female heavy events contest held at Drumnadrochit games". BBC News. 2025-08-26. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  3. "Historic first for Scotland as World Female Heavy Events Championship debuts at Glenurquhart Highland Games". Inverness Courier. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  4. Bailey, Hannah (8 September 2025). "Meet the women tossing aside stereotypes at Highland Games". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  5. "Darlington athlete Eve bags runner-up spot at World Highland Games Championships". The Northern Echo. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  6. 1 2 Goodman, Miriam (2022-07-21). "Meet the 19-year-old set to represent the UK in the Highland Games". Teesside Live. Retrieved 2025-09-15.