Daniel Rowden

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Daniel Rowden
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Rowden in Munich 2022
Personal information
Born (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27)
Buckhurst Hill, Greater London, England
Education Imperial College London [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 800 metres
Club Woodford Green with Essex Ladies [2]
Coached byJohn Stow (–2017)
Richard Thurston (2017–2019) [3]

Daniel Kwabena Rowden (born 9 September 1997) is an English middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres, who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

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Biography

Rowden is of Ghanaian descent through his mother. [5] and won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships.

He became British champion when winning the 800 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 1 min 45.94 secs. [6] At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain [7]

He won a second British title at the 2023 British Athletics Championships. [8] [9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 14th (sf)800 m1:52.31
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 20th (sf)800 m 1:49.58
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd800 m 1:48.16
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 12th (sf)800 m 1:46.98
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 6th (sf)800 m 1:44.35
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 14th (sf)800 m 1:46.27
European Championships Munich, Germany 13th (sf)800 m 1:48.80
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (sf)800 m 1:45.38

Personal bests

Outdoor

References

  1. "Imperial athletes set their sights on this year's Tokyo Olympic Games | Imperial News | Imperial College London".
  2. "British Athletics bio" . Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Power of 10 profile" . Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. Daniel Rowden at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. "The rollercoaster rise of Daniel Rowden". 14 September 2020.
  6. "Results list". British Athletics.
  7. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.