Christian Obrist
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Brixen, Italy | 20 September 1980
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 |
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Medal record |
Christian Obrist (born 20 November 1980 in Brixen) is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 m.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chronik SSV Brixen Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ He ran in a better cron (3:35.91) in preliminary rounds.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Christian Obrist at World Athletics
- Christian Obrist at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Christian Obrist at Olympics.com
- Christian Obrist at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Brixen
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Germanophone Italian people
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen