{{Short description|English middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Daniel Rowden | image = 2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 – Men's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–011.jpg | image_size = | caption = Rowden in Munich 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|09|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Buckhurst Hill, Greater London, England | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = 800 metres | education = Imperial College London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/226893/imperial-athletes-their-sights-this-years/|title=Imperial athletes set their sights on this year's Tokyo Olympic Games | Imperial News | Imperial College London}}</ref> | club = Woodford Green with Essex Ladies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/athletes/daniel-rowden/|title=British Athletics bio|accessdate=23 October 2018}}</ref> | coach = John Stow (–2017)<br />Richard Thurston (2017–2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=113232|title=Power of 10 profile|accessdate=23 October 2018}}</ref> | medaltemplates = }}
'''Daniel Kwabena Rowden''' (born 9 September 1997) is an English middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres, who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>
== Biography == Rowden is of Ghanaian descent through his mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/rollercoaster-rise-daniel-rowden-1039932304/|title=The rollercoaster rise of Daniel Rowden|date=14 September 2020}}</ref> and won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
He became British champion when winning the 800 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 1 min 45.94 secs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uka.org.uk/results/20200904_Manchester/timetable/index/|title=Results list|website=British Athletics}}</ref> At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143097|title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>
He won a second British title at the 2023 British Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} |- |2015 |European Junior Championships |Eskilstuna, Sweden |14th (sf) |800 m |1:52.31 |- |2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |20th (sf) |800 m |1:49.58 |- |2017 |European U23 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |1:48.16 |- |2018 |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |12th (sf) |800 m |1:46.98 |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |6th (sf) |800 m |1:44.35 |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |14th (sf) |800 m |1:46.27 |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |13th (sf) |800 m |1:48.80 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |21st (sf) |800 m |1:45.38 |}
==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *400 metres – 48.48 (Lee Valley 2015) *800 metres – 1:43.95 (Monaco 2023) *1500 metres – 3:54.65 (Watford 2017)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{British Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team GB}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowden, Daniel}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:British Athletics Championships winners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:English people of Ghanaian descent Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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