KHADEVIS ROBINSON
Event: 800m
Height: 6-0
Weight: 160
PR: 1:43.68 (2006)
Born: July 19, 1976, in Dallas, Texas
Current Residence: Santa Monica, Calif.
High School: Trimble Tech HS (Fort Worth, Texas) '94
College: Texas Christian '98
Coach: Johnny Gray
Agent: Karen Locke
Club: Nike 

Career Highlights: Four-time USA Outdoor Champion (‘99, ‘05, ’06, ‘07); Four-time USA Indoor champion (’99, ’06, '08, 09); 1998 NCAA Outdoor champion; Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up (’02, '03, ‘04)

Robinson was part of one of the most dramatic moments of the 2008 Olympic Trials, when he and Christian Smith desperately dove at the finish of the 800m final, vying for the third Olympic Team spot. Smith finished in third place with Robinson in fourth. In 2006, for the first time in his career, Robinson was ranked in the top ten in the world by Track & Field News (#7) following the 2006 season. Robinson was so dominant in the U.S. in 2006 that he posted 11 of the top 12 outdoor times by an American that season.  After finishing as the runner-up at the USA Outdoor Championships the previous three years, Robinson snared his second career USA Outdoor crown with his victory at the 2005 Championships in Carson, Calif. His previous U.S. Outdoor title was in 1999. His time of 1:544.62 in Zurich was the fastest outdoor 800m time by an American in 2005. Robinson had another strong year in 2004, finishing second at the Olympic Trials before placing third in his opening round heat at the Olympic Games in Athens. Robinson earned his degree from TCU in social work and plans to volunteer time in social work when he can…he intends to be a social worker after his running career is finished: ‘I love working with people’…nickname is ‘KD’…was a football standout in high school…broke his wrist in football his junior year…felt he needed to have another sport to list on his college application, so he tried track…loves to play chess…made 2001 World Outdoor Championships team by having “A” standard, when higher finishers at U.S. Nationals did not have “A” standard…son Zion was born October 20, 2007.

2009: USA Indoor 800m champ (1:48.61)
2008: 4th at Olympic Trials (1:45.53)...USA Indoor champ (1:46.95)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:44.55)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (1:45.55)…ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 1:44.55.
2007:  USA Outdoor Champion (1:44.37)... 4th in semis at World Outdoors (1:45.45)...Reebok Grand Prix champion (1:46.38)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:44.99)...1st at Occidental Invitational (1:45.40)...2nd at Madrid (1:45.03)...5th at Monaco (1:44.27)...ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:44:27.
2006: USA Outdoor Champion (1:44.13)...USA Indoor champion (1:46.98)...1st at adidas Track Classic (1:45.23)...1st at Reebok Grand Prix (1:45.66)...1st at Rieti (1:43.68PR)...2nd at Rome (1:43.86)...7th at Athens  (1:44.21)...3rd at DN Galan (1:44.86)...ranked #7 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 1:43.68.
2005: USA Outdoor Champion (1:45.27)...8th in semifinal at World Outdoor Champs (1:49.13)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:45.19)...Ran 1:45.35 at Modesto, (5/7)...4th in Zurich (1:44.62 U.S. Leader)...ran 1:45.24 at meet in Azusa (4/9)...ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:44.62.
2004: 2nd at Olympic Trials 800m (1:44.91)…3rd in opening round at Olympic Games (1:46.14)…1st at Drake Relays (1:49.11)…ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 1:44.89.
2003: USA Indoor 800m runner-up (1:50.69)…5th in opening round of World Indoors (1:49.44)…runner-up at USA Outdoors (1:46.21)…8th in semifinal at World Outdoors (1:50.60)…1st at Lucerne (1:45.03)…2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (1:51.08)…5th at adidas Oregon Track Classic (1:47.69)…best of 1:45.03…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN.
2002: 2nd at USA Outdoors (1:47.58)…1st at Lapinlahti (1:44.41)…1st at Cuxhaven (1:44.83)… 1st at Harry Jerome Classic (1:45.97)…1st at Ludvika (1:45.97)… 2nd in NYC on Feb. 9 (1:48.48)…ranked #2 in the U.S…best of 1:44.41.
2001: 3rd at USA Indoors (1:47.31)… 1st at adidas Oregon Track Classic (1:46.04)…5th at U.S. Outdoors (1:48.41)…5th in opening round at World Outdoors (1:49.42)…ranked 3rd in U.S. by T&FN…best of 1:45.15 PR in 3rd place finish at Prefontaine Classic.
2000:  4th at Olympic Trials (1:46.36)...won Prefontaine Classic (1:45.90) and adidas Oregon Track Classic on consecutive days (1:45.40)...2nd at USA Indoors (1:48.83)...ranked 3rd U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:45.40.
1999: Won USA Indoors and Outdoors (1:45.92)... 5th in heats at World Champs (1:48.31)...ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:45.23.
1998: Won NCAA Outdoor (1:46.04 PR); anchored 2nd-place 4x400 (44.8 for 3:03.00)...5th in USA Outdoors (1:46.10) ...won WAC Indoor 800 (1:48.89)...won WAC (1:46.06 PR)...ranked #4 in U.S. by T&FN... best of 1:45.72.
1997: Won WAC (1:49.52)...7th in NCAA Outdoor (1:49.27)...ran second leg on winning 4 x 440 (3:12.16y) at WAC Indoor... best of 1:47.46.
1996: Won SWC (1:50.79)...2nd in SWC Indoor (1:50.94)... 5th in heats (1:49.78) at NCAA. Outdoor...best of 1:47.85.
1995: 4th in heats at SWC... best of 1:48.61.
1994: Relay leg of 47.0...placed 4th in Texas HS state meet...won every race until state...best of 1:53.
1993: Relay leg under 48-seconds...best of 1:56.
 

6/24/09