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| Born | 4 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | La Línea de la Concepción | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Royal Gibraltar Regiment, British Army | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Gibraltar | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running, Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Half Marathon, Marathon, 5000m, 10000m, 5km, 10km | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Joshua Schofield PGC1 Coaching | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arnold Rogers (born 4 September 1990) [1] is a Gibraltarian long-distance runner and the current national record holder for the marathon. [2]
Currently serving as a soldier in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, a regiment of the British Army, [3] he is supported by the Army Elite Sports Program as a tier 3 athlete. [4] The program is aimed at identification and development of the Army's most talented athletes and enables athletes to train alongside their regular jobs. [4] He currently competes wearing the jersey of his unit athletics team. [5]
In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. [6] He finished in 138th place. [6] In 2018, he also competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. [7] He finished in 57th place with a time of 2:32:41. [7]
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's half marathon team event at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar. [8] [9]
In 2021, he competed for Gibraltar at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland finishing 78th. [10]
In February 2022, Arnold ran the Seville Marathon finishing in 2:28:08 [11] setting a new Gibraltar national record. [2] He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 16th in the men's marathon event. [12]
