Bob Cockburn

Robert B. Cockburn is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at the 1958 [British Empire and Commonwealth Games].

Biography

Cockburn was a member of the Edinburgh Southern Harriers and a Scottish international.
In 1956 he returned to the ESH club after three years absence from Edinburgh and in 1958 he won the East of Scotland championship.
At the 1958 Scottish AAA Championships, he finished runner-up to Gavin Carragher in the 220 yards final.
He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales, participating in two events, the Athletics at the [1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 yards|100 yards] and the Athletics at the 1958 [British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards|220 yards].
Cockburn later became an athletics coach.