Patrick Dever

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Patrick Dever
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Dever in 2018
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 (age 28)
Preston, Lancashire, England
Education University of Tulsa
Sport
Sport Long-distance running
Event(s) 5000 m, 10000 m
College team Tulsa Golden Hurricane
ClubPuma Elite Running Team
Turned pro2021
Coached by Alistair Cragg

Patrick Dever (born 5 September 1996) is a British long-distance runner. He won the 2021 British Athletics Championships over 5000 metres and the NCAA Championships over 10,000 metres in 2021. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.

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Collegiate career

Dever attended and competed for the University of Tulsa for two years while working on his master's degree in accounting. He left Tulsa as a two time All-American in both cross country and track and field. On June 9, 2021, Dever won the NCAA national championship 10,000m in a meet record of 27:41.87, narrowly edging out Conner Mantz, and Abdihamid Nur by less than a second. [1]

Professional career

On October 25, 2021, Dever announced via an Instagram post that he has signed a professional running contract with Puma. [2] Dever trains with Puma Elite under coach Alistair Cragg. [3]

He ran a personal best in the 10,000 metres of 27:08.81 in San Juan Capistrano, California in March 2024 to move to second on the UK all-time list. [4] After becoming the 2024 British champion (by finishing as the highest placed British athlete at the night of the 10,000 PB's), Dever was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he failed to make it to the final of the 5000m. [5] [6]

In January 2025, he moved to fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time list after his fifth place finish in Texas at the Houston half marathon in a time of 60:11. [7] He finished second overall at the Boston 5k road race in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 April 2025 in a time of 13:35. [8]

Personal life

He is from Preston, Lancashire. [9]

Results and personal records

Taken from World Athletics profile. [10]

Championship Results

YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTimeNotes
2016 European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 7.97 km49th24:29U23 Race
2017 British Athletics Championships Alexander Stadium 1500m11th3:51.56
European Cross Country Championships Šamorín, Slovakia 8.23 km16th25:02U23 Race
2018 European Cross Country Championships Tilburg, Netherlands 8.3 km5th24:05
2019 British Indoor Athletics Championships Arena Birmingham 3000m8:00.83
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 10.3 km25th31:29
2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Hayward Field 10,000m1st27:41.87Meet Record
5000m6th13:19.85
British Athletics Championships Manchester Regional Arena 1st13:37.30
2022 British Athletics Championships 5th13:47.46
World Athletics Championships Hayward Field 10,000m23rd29:13.88
Commonwealth Games Alexander Stadium 5000m7th13:22.10
European Athletics Championships Olympiastadion 21st13:45.89

Personal Records

SurfaceEventTimeDateVenue
Indoor track3000m7:43.57January 30, 2022 Boston University
Outdoor track1500m3:41.18May 16, 2021 Tampa Bay, Florida
One mile3:58.62July 24, 2021 Loughborough, GBR
3000m7:37.39July 13, 2021 Gateshead International Stadium
5000m13:19.85June 11, 2021 Hayward Field
10,000m27:08.81March 16, 2024 San Juan Capistrano, California
RoadHalf marathon1:00:11January 19, 2025 Houston, Texas

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Dever". Tulsa Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Patick Dever". 25 October 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Puma Elite Running Team". Direct Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (3 April 2024). "Patrick Dever on a "bittersweet" 10,000m breakthrough". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Patrick Dever | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Adams, Tim (19 January 2025). "Patrick Dever runs 60:11 at Houston Half Marathon". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Gault, Jonathan. "2025 Boston 5K/BAA Mile: Casey Comber Repeats in Mile, Taylor Roe's Strong Season Continues". Lets Run. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Gleaves, Sean (31 July 2024). "The Lancashire athletes representing Team GB during the Paris 2024 Olympics". lep.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Patrick Dever". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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