Robert Alan Newton (born 10 May 1981 in Nottingham, England) is a British hurdling athlete. As of 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler. However, competing for Team GB at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Newton failed to qualify for the second round of the 110 m hurdles competition. He was the only openly gay British Olympian that year. After not racing at all in 2005, Newton transitioned to the 400 metre hurdles along with the 110 metre hurdles in 2006, achieving a 51.88 personal best in that event. He has no recorded races since 2006. In 2012, he worked as a sports massage therapist. National titles 1997: Amateur Athletics Association U17 400m hurdles gold medal winner 1999: English Schools' 110m hurdles gold medal winner 1999: AAA U20 110m hurdles gold medal winner 2000: AAA U20 110m hurdles silver medalist 2001: AAA U23 110m hurdles gold medal winner 2003: Inter-Countries 110m hurdles gold medal winner 2004: British National Championships 110m hurdles gold medal winner Personal bests 110 m hurdles Personal Best: 13.36 in 2004 In the UK All-time Top Ten with a 60m hurdles personal best of 7.69, in the 2004 Norwich Union Indoor Trials. References 1981 births Living people English male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain LGBT track and field athletes English LGBT sportspeople Sportspeople from Nottingham Gay sportsmen