Arnold Rogers

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Arnold Rogers
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Personal information
Born (1990-09-04) 4 September 1990 (age 31)
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Home town La Línea de la Concepción
Occupation Royal Gibraltar Regiment, British Army
Sport
Country Gibraltar
Sport Long-distance running, Athletics
Event(s) Half Marathon, Marathon, 5000m, 10000m, 5km, 10km
Coached byJoshua Schofield PGC1 Coaching
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Island Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar Half marathon team

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. [12] He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 16th in the men's marathon event. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Arnold Rogers". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "National Records". Gibraltar Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rogers cruises past competition as he wins the 10K (Incl. image gallery)" . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Army Elite Sport Programme". ASCB. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rogers leaves Lourdians to run for Regiment team" . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Men's Results" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. 1 2 "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Arnold Rogers". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Medalists". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "European XC 2021 Results Book".
  11. ↑ "Tu Clasif. en Zurich Maratón de Sevilla 2022 — Sportmaniacs". sportmaniacs.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "National Records". Gibraltar Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Marathon - Men's Marathon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.


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