Dallas Robinson

Dallas Robinson

Robinson in 2013
Personal information
Born (1982-03-30) March 30, 1982
Winter Haven, Florida, United States[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)

Dallas Robinson (born March 30, 1982) is an American soldier and bobsledder.

Robinson graduated from Oldham County High School in Buckner Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University.[2] He is known as a sprinter but was also in the USA Rugby 7's and 15's pool of athletes in 2009 and 2010. In 2008 he was ranked 1st in the United States in the 55m Dash and top 10 in both the 60m and 200m races.[3]

Robinson competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in both two man and four man bobsled finishing 13th and 12th.[1][2] In the spring of 2014 Dallas competed with the 91 Buddy Lazier car as a fueler in the Indianapolis 500. Robinson formerly resided in Georgetown Kentucky and he still owns a small farm outside of town. He now lives in Campbellsville Kentucky on the family farm and works as the local National Guard Recruiter.

In recent months Dallas has made himself well known for his efforts in Military Suicide Prevention and Awareness creating an event called "The Million Pound Challenge" as well as efforts in fund raising for Special Olympics and foster care organizations. In the spring of 2015 he was named as the spokesperson for Home Grown by Hero's a program started by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture to help brand and market veteran grown products in the market place.

Dallas has been seen on The Weather Channel, Spike TV, NBC, ESPN, United Airlines Commercial's, Toyota Sequoia Commercial's and many regionally broadcast TV/ Radio stations. He also has been featured in Max Muscle Magazine, GX Magazine, New York Times, Moscow Times and had an Olympic Column in the Courier Journal.

Robinson is an Honorary Kentucky Colonel, an Honorary Duke of Hazard and Oldham County Kentucky has a "Dallas Robinson Day".

References

  1. 1 2 Dallas Robinson. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 "Dallas ROBINSON | Bobsleigh | United States – Sochi 2014 Olympics". m.sochi2014.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "USA Track & Field – 2008 Top USA Indoor Marks – Men". usatf.org. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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