Peter John Robertson (born 17 February 1976 in Melbourne) is an Olympic athlete from Australia, who competes in triathlon. Robertson, who is also known as "Robbo", entered in his first triathlon at age 16 with his mates and became hooked on the sport. Robertson competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-fourth place with a total time of 1:51:39.04. He competed again four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This time, he placed twenty-fourth with a time of 1:55:44.36. In 2005, racing in Gamagōri, Japan, Robertson won his 3rd ITU World Championship, and has also placed 2nd at the World Championships twice. The ITU World Championships is the second most competitive Olympic Distance Triathlon in the world, the first being the Olympics. He won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year with Robin Bell in 2005. In the 2006 Commonwealth Games Robertson took the bronze medal. Later in 2006 Robertson took sixth place in the ITU World Triathlon Championships, beating American Hunter Kemper by one second. Tim Don, who won the race, deprived Robertson of a record equaling fourth World Championships win. References sports-reference 1976 births Living people Australian male triathletes Olympic triathletes of Australia Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Melbourne Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport triathletes Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Sportsmen from Victoria (Australia) Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games