Lloyd Cowan

{{Short description|British athlete and coach (1962–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Lloyd Cowan | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|07|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hackney, London, England | death_date = 11 January 2021 (aged 58) | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = hurdles | height = | weight = | club = Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers }} '''Lloyd Cowan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (8 July 1962 – 11 January 2021) was a British track and field athlete and coach.

== Biography == === Athletics === Cowan specialised in the 110 and 400 metres hurdles,<ref>[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=41869 "Lloyd Cowan"], ''The Power of 10'' athletics website.</ref> but was better known as a coach.

Cowan was selected for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but he could not go because of illness. He did however represent England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>[https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2021/01/11/former-british-track-and-field-athlete-lloyd-cowan-has-passed-away/ Former British track and field athlete, Lloyd Cowan Has Passed Away]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36409|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Cowan finished third on three occasions at the AAA Championships in 1994, 1995 and 1999.<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=6 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

=== Coaching === He retired from athletics at the age of 39 and went on to coach 18 athletes including; Christine Ohuruogu at Newham and Essex Beagles A.C., the former 400 metres Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion; Simeon Williamson, the former British 100 metres champion; and Andy Turner, the former European, and Commonwealth 110 metres hurdles champion.<ref>Jessica Salter: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8973467/Olympic-coaches-how-to-run-like-a-champion.html "Olympic coaches: how to run like a champion. Lloyd Cowan, UK Athletics coach, shares his tips on how to be a better runner"], ''The Telegraph'', 6 January 2012.</ref>

He was appointed MBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours. On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Cowan had died at the age of 58 from COVID complications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/55617965|title=Lloyd Cowan, former coach of 2008 Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu, dies aged 58|work=BBC Sport|date=11 January 2021|access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

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