{{Short description|Welsh runner (born 1951)}} {{Use British English| date=November 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Dennis Fowles |image = |caption = | nationality = British (Welsh) | sport = Athletics | event = Marathon | club = Cardiff AAC | birth_date = 8 April 1951 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Marathon}} {{MedalCompetition|World Marathon Majors}} {{MedalCountry |{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalBronze|1984 London|Marathon}} }}
'''Dennis Fowles''' (born 8 April 1951) is a Welsh former runner, who came third at the 1984 London Marathon. He has won the Welsh Championships events in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.
== Biography == Fowles trained at Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club.<ref name=GG>{{cite news| url= https://www.pressreader.com/uk/glamorgan-gazette/20201015/282179358559510| title= Welsh All-Time List| work=Glamorgan Gazette| via=PressReader| date=15 October 2020| accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=WA>{{cite web| url= https://www.welshathletics.org/en/blog/post/weekend-round-up-fowles-on-fire-1984| title= Weekend Round Up - Fowles on Fire, 1984| publisher=Welsh Athletics| date=25 April 2020| accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref> Fowles began as a middle distance runner.<ref name=WA/> He won the 5,000 metres event at the 1974 and 1981 Welsh National Championships, and the 10,000 metres event at the 1982 Welsh National Championships.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/wal.htm| title= Welsh Championships| publisher=UK Athletics| accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref>
Fowles' first marathon event was at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, where he finished 13th.<ref name=WA/><ref name=CGF>{{cite web| url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35954| title=Dennis J. Fowles| publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation| accessdate=8 November 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He also came sixth in the 10,000 metres event at the Games.<ref name=CGF/> Fowles finished 14th at the 1983 London Marathon in a time of 2:13:21.<ref name=WA/> Fowles came third at the 1984 London Marathon after overtaking Norwegian Øyvind Dahl in the last kilometre of the race. Fowles' time of 2:12:12 was a Welsh national record.<ref name=WA/> As of 2020, it is the fourth fastest time for a Welsh marathon runner.<ref name=GG/> Fowles was not selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref name=WA/> In 1984, he also won the first Cardiff Half Marathon.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/259594988| title=Sport in Brief| work=The Guardian| via=Newspapers.com| page=27| date=9 April 1984| accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref> In 1985, Fowles won the inaugural City of Norwich Half Marathon in a time of 1:05:11.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/neil-featherby-running-column-1-5473391| title=Neil Featherby: One the eve of the Norwich half marathon we have real inspiration in Dani Nimmock| work=Eastern Daily Press| date=12 April 2018| accessdate=8 November 2020| archive-date=14 November 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114000256/https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/neil-featherby-running-column-1-5473391| url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://more.arrs.run/runner/9533 ARRS]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fowles, Dennis}} Category:1951 births Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales Category:Welsh men marathon runners Category:Welsh men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen