Owen Heard

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Owen Heard
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2001-12-29) 29 December 2001 (age 23)
Surrey, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventPole vault
ClubCamberley AC

Owen Heard (born 29 December 2001) is an English international track and field athlete. [1] He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games. [1] [2]

Biography

Heard was educated at Loughborough University and in 2022 recorded a jump of 5.45 metres in winning the BoXX United World Athletics Continental Tour pole vault event. [3] He also competes in hurdles events. [4]

In 2022, he represented England for the men's pole vault event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [1] [3] [5]

In 2025, he became the British pole vault champion after winning the title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. "Owen Heard". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. "A spotlight on student Owen Heard at the Commonwealth Games 2022". Freshered.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. "Birmingham 2022 Team". Team England. Retrieved 20 July 2025.