# Dwayne Cowan

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{{Short description|English sprinter (born 1985)}}
{{for|the chemist|Dwaine O. Cowan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Dwayne Cowan
| image = 2018 European Athletics Championships Day 2 (04).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Cowan in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|1}}
| birth_place = [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6034970-dwayne-cowan.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|access-date=25 April 2018|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080443/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6034970-dwayne-cowan.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| height = 1.95 m
| weight = 85 kg
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event = [400 metres](/source/400_metres)
| club = Hercules Wimbledon<br />Sale Harriers Manchester
| education = 
| coach = [Lloyd Cowan](/source/Lloyd_Cowan)<ref>[http://powerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=409730 Power of 10 profile]</ref>
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2017 London](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[4×400 m relay](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)}}{{Medal|Silver|[2018 Berlin](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships)|[4×400 m relay](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Team Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Team_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2017 Lille](/source/2017_European_Team_Championships)|400 m}}
}}
'''Dwayne Cowan''' (born 1 January 1985)<ref name=EAA>{{cite web|title=European Athletics Data|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=c/athlete=140134-cowan-dwayne/index.html|website=www.european-athletics.org|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref> is an English [sprint](/source/Sprint_(running))er, based in [Merton](/source/London_Borough_of_Merton) and a member of Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Athletics: Hercules Wimbledon duo break records on historic day for the club|url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/13348226.Athletics__Hercules_Wimbledon_duo_break_records_on_historic_day_for_the_club/|website=Wimbledon Guardian|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref> Before taking up sprinting, Dwayne was a semi-professional [footballer](/source/Association_football).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/sport/10462438.display/|title=Latest Wimbledon Hercules news - Cowan on fire in the Rosenheim League|last=Pollak|first=Tom|date=6 June 2013|publisher=Surrey Comet|access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> He made his international debut at the [2017 European Team Championships](/source/2017_European_Team_Championships), winning the 400 metres.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Athletics Team Championships 2017|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/40030320|website=BBC|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Anniversary Games Round-up|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/athletics/farah-and-bosworth-star-on-day-of-records-at-anniversary-games_sto6248108/story.shtml|website=Euro Sport|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref>  At his first Diamond League event, the London Anniversary Games, he came third.{{clarify|at what?|date=August 2019}}<ref name=":0" /> Cowan was selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the [2017 World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/british-athletics-name-london-2017-team/|title=BRITISH ATHLETICS NAME TEAM TO REPRESENT AT LONDON 2017 – British Athletics|website=www.britishathletics.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
*400m: outdoors 45.36s (London 2017), indoors 47.67s (Sheffield 2015).<ref>[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/642483 All-Athletics profile]</ref>
*4x400m split: 44.10s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/result|title=IAAF: 4x400 Metres Relay Result {{!}} IAAF World Championships London 2017 {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>
*200m: 20.73 seconds (Lee Valley)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trackinsun.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/lee-valley-london-great-britain-2072016.html|title=Lee Valley -London- (Great Britain), 20.7.2016|website=trackinsun.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*[https://dwaynecowan.com/ Personal website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816153642/https://dwaynecowan.com/ |date=16 August 2017 }} 
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/Dwaynecowan Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/dwaynecowan400/ Instagram]

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Category:English men sprinters
Category:British men sprinters
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes from London
Category:European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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