Rowena Cole

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Rowena Cole
Personal information
Born (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 33)
Coventry, West Midlands
EducationTile Hill Wood School
Alma mater Coventry University
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres
800 metres
Club Coventry Godiva Harriers
Medal record
Track and field
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Tallinn Women's 800m
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Bressanone Girls' 800m

Rowena Cole (born 13 January 1992) is a British retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres and competed in international level events. Her highest achievement in winning was a silver medal won at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Cole trained with the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletic club. [4]

In 2008 she was named the England Athletics’ Young Athlete of the Year [5] and won the Intermediate 800m title at the English Schools Athletics Championships. [5] She was then invited to become a member of the "On Camp with Kelly" mentoring and education initiative with Dame Kelly Holmes. [6]

In 2010 she participated in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi [5] and the next year she won a silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn. [3] She achieved a new personal best of 2:04.21 in 2015. [1]

In 2022 Cole ran in the Coventry Godiva Harriers Ladies' team at the Midlands Road Relay, winning the event. [7] [8]

Alongside competing, she achieved a Sports Marketing degree at Coventry University and was employed at the marketing department of Coventry Sports Foundation. [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rowena Cole - World Athletics". World Athletics. 25 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Coventry athlete Rowena Cole targets 2016 Olympics". BBC Sport. 2 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Coventry's Cole wins silver medal". 25 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Coventry Godiva Harriers. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Vonledebur, Catherine (13 April 2011). "Rowena Cole is young, gifted and fast!". Coventry Live. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Athletics: Rowena Cole in the Aviva Great Britaint eam for the European Athletics Under 20 Championships". Coventry Live. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "ATHLETICS – Coventry Godiva Harriers Ladies' become Midland Road Relay champions". Coventry Observer. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Smythe, Steve. "Rowena Cole brings Coventry to women's victory". AW. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Waddington, Jenny (17 October 2013). "Rowena Cole joins Coventry Sports Foundation". Coventry Live. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Coventry Sports Foundation invests". Bdaily Business News. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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