Jake Heyward

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Jake Heyward
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Heyward at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
Personal information
Full nameJake David T. Heyward
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 26)
Lisvane, Cardiff, Wales
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 1500 m
Club Oregon Track Club
Cardiff AAC
Turned pro2019
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m : 1:46.47 (Stockholm 2021)
  • 1000 m : 2:18.55 (Finn Rock, OR 2020)
  • 1500 m : 3:31.08 (Birmingham 2022)
  • Mile : 3:51.99 (Eugene, OR 2022)
  • 3000 m : 8:00.93i (Cardiff 2018)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich 1500m

Jake David T. Heyward (born 26 April 1999) is a Welsh middle-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Biography

Heyward was a European champion at under-18 and under-20 level while he was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. Having graduated from Cardiff University, he turned professional in 2020 with the Oregon Track Club. [1] [2]

Heyward went into the British Athletics Championship and Olympic trials in Manchester in 2021 with a 3:33.99 personal best for the 1,500 metres race, which was below the minimum Olympic standard, although he had broken Neil Horsfield's 31 year old Welsh record set in Brussels in 1990. [1] On 26 June 2021 Heyward finished third in the 1,500m at the 2021 British Athletics Championships, to secure a place on the British team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. [3] In Tokyo, despite being hampered by an Achilles injury Heyward came through the heats and semi-finals and placed ninth in the final of the 1500m. [4] He finished his 2021 season with a 3:52.15 mile run personal best, and Welsh record, in the 2021 Diamond League event, the Prefontaine Classic on August 21. [2]

In June 2022, he finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the 2022 British Athletics Championships. [5] He came fifth representing Wales in the 1500m race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, running a new personal best time of 3:31.08. He won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, finishing behind Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen. [6] Heyward finished as runner-up in the Fifth Avenue Mile behind three-time winner Jake Wightman in September 2022. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Middle-Distance Ace Jake Heyward Obliterates 31-Year-Old Welsh 1500m Record In Olympic Qualifying Time". Dai Sport. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "How They Train: Jake Heyward". Athletics Weekly. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "British Athletics Results". results.britishathletics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "'Maybe I bluffed the Olympics' - Jake Heyward predicts more in 2022". BBC Sport. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Müller UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "HEYWARD RUES MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Eurosport. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Laura Muir and Jake Wightman win 5th Avenue Mile in New York". BBC Sport . 12 September 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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