Robert

Hoskins, Jr.

Name: Robert “Robbie” Michael Hoskins Jr.

Team: Team Houston

Coach:  Tim Swords

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Current Residence:  Houston, Texas

Year of birth: 1989

Weight class: 105+kg

Height: 6-0

What year did you being lifting? I began lifting when I was 13 but did not start doing to competition lifts until 2011

How did you get involved? I tore my ACL playing football in college and decided to hang up my pads. When I was fully recovered, I wanted to start competing in something else. I found weightlifting to be a good fit.

Favorite Competition Lift?  Clean & Jerk

Favorite Training Lift? Back squat

Education: BBA in Accountancy & Taxation

Personal Goals: Raise a family and live comfortably

Favorite Food: Mexican food

Favorite Book: Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns n' Roses

Favorite TV Show: Sports Center

Favorite Song: “Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan 

Hobbies/Interested outside of Weightlifting: College football

Most people don’t know that…. I am a public Auditor for Deloitte & Touche