Robson Mrombe

Robson Mrombe (12 September 1945 – 13 May 2025), also known as Rabson Mulombe, was a Rhodesian athlete who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon.

Biography Born on 12 September 1945, Mrombe originally came from Wankie in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe today). He began running at the Kanchindu Mission School in Zambia in the 1950s.

Mrombe also ran 2:18:53.7 at Bulawayo in the 1964 Rhodesian Olympic marathon trials. He competed in the 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon finishing 56th and running 2 hours 49 minutes and 30 seconds in the marathon.

A treatise on the history of Rhodesian participation in the Olympics mentions Robson.

Robson won the 1971 South African marathon championship at Libanon Mine Track, 20 kilometres outside of Johannesburg, at 5,300 feet altitude in 2:32:13.

A retrospective on Robson's running career appeared in the Zimbabwe Herald in 2011.

When asked for advice to younger people, Robson said: "I encourage the young athletes to take sport seriously because even in my old age I don't feel that old because of the training that I took. My body is still strong, it is something that brought gladness in my life. It is about being passionate."