Daniel Kwabena Rowden (born 9 September 1997) is an English

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

specialising in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

, who competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Biography

Rowden is of Ghanaian descent through his mother. 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 The 2020 British Athletics Championships (known for sponsorship reasons as the Müller British Athletics Championships) was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom. The championship took place on ...

in a time of 1 min 45.94 secs.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

– 48.48 (Lee Valley 2015) *

– 1:43.95 (Monaco 2023) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:54.65 (Watford 2017)

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* * * * * * 1997 births Living people English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners British Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics English people of Ghanaian descent 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub