Background
Tobin was born Robert John Tobin the youngest of two children born to Jacqueline (née Chidlow) and John Tobin.
Tobin was born Robert John Tobin the youngest of two children born to Jacqueline (née Chidlow) and John Tobin.
He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds. In 2009 in the World Athletic Championships in Berlin, he was part of the silver medal-winning 4x400 relay team He has been to two Olympic Games (Athens and Beijing).
With Beijing bringing back his best performance in an Olympic Games of 4th in the 4x400, in a time of 2 minutes 58.81 seconds.
His talent was honed in his youth at the Basingstoke and Mid Hampshire Athletic Club.