# Daniel Rowden > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Rowden > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Rowden.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rowden > Source revision: 1317420140 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | event = [800 metres](/source/800_metres) | education = [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London){{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}} | club = [Woodford Green with Essex Ladies](/source/Woodford_Green_with_Essex_Ladies){{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/athletes/daniel-rowden/|title=British Athletics bio|accessdate=23 October 2018}} | coach = John Stow (–2017)
Richard Thurston (2017–2019){{cite web|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=113232|title=Power of 10 profile|accessdate=23 October 2018}} | medaltemplates = }} '''Daniel Kwabena Rowden''' (born 9 September 1997) is an English [middle-distance runner](/source/Middle-distance_running) specialising in the [800 metres](/source/800_metres), who competed at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).{{World Athletics}} == Biography == Rowden is of Ghanaian descent through his mother.{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/rollercoaster-rise-daniel-rowden-1039932304/|title=The rollercoaster rise of Daniel Rowden|date=14 September 2020}} and won a silver medal at the [2017 European U23 Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships). He became [British champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_800_metres) when winning the 800 metres event at the [2020 British Athletics Championships](/source/2020_British_Athletics_Championships) in a time of 1 min 45.94 secs.{{cite web|url=https://www.uka.org.uk/results/20200904_Manchester/timetable/index/|title=Results list|website=British Athletics}} At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143097|title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2025}} He won a second British title at the [2023 British Athletics Championships](/source/2023_British_Athletics_Championships).{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=19 July 2025}} ==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} |- |2015 |[European Junior Championships](/source/2015_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships) |[Eskilstuna, Sweden](/source/Eskilstuna%2C_Sweden) |14th (sf) |800 m |1:52.31 |- |2016 |[World U20 Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships) |[Bydgoszcz, Poland](/source/Bydgoszcz%2C_Poland) |20th (sf) |800 m |[1:49.58](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |2017 |[European U23 Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships) |[Bydgoszcz, Poland](/source/Bydgoszcz%2C_Poland) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |[1:48.16](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |2018 |[European Championships](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Berlin, Germany](/source/Berlin%2C_Germany) |12th (sf) |800 m |[1:46.98](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |2021 |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) |[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan) |6th (sf) |800 m |[1:44.35](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |rowspan=2|2022 |[World Championships](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Eugene, United States](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon) |14th (sf) |800 m |[1:46.27](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |[European Championships](/source/2022_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Munich, Germany](/source/Munich%2C_Germany) |13th (sf) |800 m |[1:48.80](/source/2022_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |- |2023 |[World Championships](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Budapest, Hungary](/source/Budapest%2C_Hungary) |21st (sf) |800 m |[1:45.38](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres) |} ==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *[400 metres](/source/400_metres) – 48.48 (Lee Valley 2015) *[800 metres](/source/800_metres) – 1:43.95 (Monaco 2023) *[1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) – 3:54.65 (Watford 2017) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{British Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team GB}} * {{Instagram}} {{British Athletics Championships men's 800 metres champions}} {{Authority control}} {{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 {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Rowden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rowden) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rowden?action=history)). 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