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Born | Coventry, West Midlands | 13 January 1992||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Tile Hill Wood School | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Coventry University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 metres 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Coventry Godiva Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rowena Cole (born 13 January 1992) is a British middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres and competes in international level events. Her highest achievement in winning is a silver medal won at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn. [1] [2] [3]
Cole trains 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]
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