Twelve years ago, the Dunedin athlete lined up for her first world para championships, competing in both shot put and javelin.
But shortly after the event, shot put was scrapped for her F46 class, so Robinson poured her energy into javelin.
It has worked out pretty well for her. She won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics to go with silver (2013, 2017, 2019) and bronze (2015) medals, and a fifth place in 2011, at the world championships.
About 18 months ago, whispers starting circling about either shot put or discus being added to her class.
Eventually, shot put was selected to return, bringing Robinson back to the start of her athletics journey, and now she will line up for both javelin and shot put at the world championships in Paris.
"I’m really glad it’s shot put because I’m pretty rubbish at discus," Robinson said.
"Which is quite nice, because, you know, I’ve been around for a while and it’s really nice to have a different goal, something more to aim for and something more to focus on, which really excites me."
The change also gave her a rare opportunity to stand on the podium twice, if things went to plan.
"Before now, I didn’t really have the opportunity to potentially be a double medallist, because I’m not a long jumper and I’m not a sprinter whatsoever," she laughed.
"It gives me that opportunity and that makes me excited. It sort of drives that hunger to try and achieve those goals."
Robinson’s build-up over the past year was slowed as she returned from minor surgery on a niggly elbow injury.
Having the goal of defending her Paralympic gold next year in sight, she took the opportunity to get it sorted and rehabbed well to return sooner than expected.
"We didn’t really think that this world champs would be on the cards, so to be able to be where I’m at at the moment, we’re really happy about that."
The world championships are the first major event, without restrictions, since the 2019 edition, and being able to watch other New Zealand athletes compete and see the culture return to the team was exciting.
"It’s really cool to get those excited feelings and, I guess, nervousness creeping in.
"It’s a funny feeling, the comp nerves that you get, but it’s almost like an addiction - it’s so cool."
Heading into her sixth world championships, Robinson was hunting her first gold - "that’s a big goal of mine" - but she was intrigued to see where she sat after the injury.
"I’m not sure how it’ll go," she said.
"Obviously, that top spot is always in my mind, but for me it’s about that long-term plan of next year [Paralympics] and getting there.
"So to secure a spot for our nation, you need to be top four here, so that’s the over-arching aim for me and then just see what happens after that, to be fair."
It will be some of the toughest competition she has faced, with bigger fields - 16 in javelin and 17 in shot put - lining up for her class, showing its development.
"It does make me quite proud that our sport is moving in a great direction.
"I remember I think it was my second world champs, we didn’t have many entrants and then that becomes like a question is this event viable for the class?
"I’ve always said I want to make an impact in my sport and seeing impacts like this happen is really cool."
It had taken a lot to get her to this point - "I’m really grateful for the support that I’ve received from the people that helped me get to this trip" - leaving her excited for what was to come.
Robinson competes in the javelin final at 7.20pm (NZ time) tonight. Her shot put final is at 5.20am (NZ time) on Saturday.
