Rob Womack

Robin "Rob" Womack (born 29 May 1971) is a Paralympian track and field athlete from England competing mainly in category F55 throwing events. In 2012 he qualified as a member of the Great Britain team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and took the bronze medal in the shot put.

Life history Womack was born in Dewsbury, England in 1971. Womack, a paraplegic after having prolapsed disc in 2003, became involved in athletics during rehabilitation at the spinal unit at Stoke Mandeville. In 2006 Womack qualified for his first major tournament, representing Great Britain the IPC Athletics World Championships, held in Assen in the Netherlands.

Womack continued to compete throughout 2009, throwing a season's best of 10.66 in the shot put and 26.14 in the discus. His results in 2010 were an improvement on the previous season, and posted a distance of 10.87 in the National Championships in Nottingham.

On the 7 July 2012, at a Stoke Mandeville meet, Womack recorded a distance in the shot of 11.01, his personal best and the first time he had thrown competitively over 11 metres.