Owen Heard

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Owen Heard
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NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2001-12-29) 29 December 2001 (age 22)
Surrey, England
Sport
SportAthletics
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 was selected for the men's pole vault event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [1] [3]

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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.