Arthur Rowe (17 August 1936 – 13 September 2003) was a

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athlete from England who competed at the

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Biography

Rowe was born in Smithies, near

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. After leaving school, he became an apprentice blacksmith before being introduced to shot-putting at the age of 17. Rowe won five consecutive British AAA Championship shot put titles between 1957 and 1961, He represented

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in the shot put at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...

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, Wales, winning a gold medal. He also won the gold medal in the men's

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event at the

1958 European Athletics Championships The 6th European Athletics Championships were held from 19–24 August 1958 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Olympic Stadium of Stockholm, Sweden. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary C ...

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. He represented

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at the

in Rome, Italy, but failed to qualify. Throughout 1960s he participated in Highland games heavy athletics events. Some of his most notable performances include breaking the Weight over bar world record in 1963 and again in 1965.

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* * * 1936 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Barnsley Athletes from Yorkshire English male shot putters British male shot putters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics {{England-shotput-athletics-bio-stub