Eden Robinson (athlete)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh)[1] |
| Born | 27 November 2006 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 100m hurdles: 14.03s (2024) Long jump 6.05m (2024) Heptathlon: 5648pts (2025) |
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.[2]
Biography
She was educated at Millfield in Somerset.[3] She is a member of the Cardiff Archers athletics club, in Cardiff, Wales.[4]
2023
She was the 2023 England under-17 heptathlon silver medallist.[5] 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.[6]
2024
She won the heptathlon title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with a tally of 5597 points.[7][8]
She was selected for the long jump competition for the British under-20 team at the Mannheim International in Germany in June 2024.[9] 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.[10][11] Her performance included a personal best of 14.03 in the 100m hurdles.[12] In October 2024, she was named Welsh junior athlete of the year.[3]
2025
In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[13] She was named in the British team for the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.[14] At the championships, she set a personal best 13.82s in the 100m hurdles, before equalling her personal best in the high jump with 1.62 metres. With 13.99m in the shot put, she had the second-furthest distance in the field and placed fourth after the first day of competition before finishing the contest on day in fifth place with a total of 5648 points.[15][16] In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[17]
2026
Competing for the University of Florida, Robinson scored 5,558 points for the heptathlon at the SEC Championships in May 2026. Her performances included personal bests of 2:14.35 in the 800 metres and 35.96m in the javelin.[18]
Personal life
She is the daughter of British long jumper Michelle Griffith-Robinson and Welsh rugby union international player Matthew Robinson. She has siblings Reese and Elijah.[19][20]
References
- ↑ "Five Welsh Athletes Announced for the UK Athletics Futures Programme 2025-26". Welsh Athletics. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Eden Robinson". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- 1 2 "MILLFIELD STUDENT CROWNED WELSH JUNIOR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR". Millfieldschool. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "EDEN ROBINSON & ABIGAIL PAWLETT ANNOUNCED FOR 2024/25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME". Welsh Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "U15/U17 and Junior para champs, U20/Senior combined events champs: preview". England Athletics. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ Smythe, Steve (19 September 2023). "Thea Brown goes No.4 all-time surpassing KJT – UK track results". Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Teenage sprinter Divine Iheme excels at England U15 and U17 Champs". Athletics Weekly. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI JUNIORS SET FOR 2024 MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL". British Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "Spotlight on our Athletes - 2024 Award Winners". Welsh Athletics. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (29 August 2024). "World under-20 100m titles go to Alana Reid and Bayanda Walaza". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "WEDDERBURN-GOODISON AND WILSON BOOK FINAL PLACES IN LIMA". British Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE U20 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "HENRICH, BELSHAW, AND MIRFIN WIN GOLD ON SPECTACULAR SATURDAY IN TAMPERE". British Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (10 August 2025). "FITZGERALD COMPLETES GOLDEN DOUBLE AT EURO U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "2025-26 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "Weekend Round-Up (16-17 May)". Welsh Athletics. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Stubbs, Lolo (10 June 2022). "MICHELLE GRIFFITH ROBINSON – OLYMPIAN, SPEAKER & CAMPAIGNER". Broodmagazine. Retrieved 11 November 2024.