 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Robinson akamiririra nyika yake yechizvarwa mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha mina yakateedzana, kutanga muna 1956, apo pazera remakore gumi nemasere, akakwikwidza mumamita zana uye mazana maviri emamita asi haana kufambira mberi kupfuura kutenderera kwekutanga mune chero chiitiko. Makore mana gare gare muRome muZhizha reOlympic ra1960, Robinson akasvika kumasemi-fainari mumamita zana nemamita mazana maviri; akasvika pamamita zanamumakwikwi eOlympics yeZhizha ya1964 uye akapedza ari panzvimbo yechisere. Pa 1968 Summer Olympics, Robinson aiva chikamu chikwata kuti akasvika semi-fainari ari 4 × 100 metres relay, apo vakanga disqualified pamberi yokupedzisira. 