Jack Rowe (born 30 January 1996) is a British long-distance runner.

Early life

Born in Norwich, Rowe attended St Mary's University, Twickenham and the University of San Francisco.

Career

In 2020 he won silver in the 5000m at the British Championships. In December 2021 he finished eighteenth at the European Cross Country Championship that took place in

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, Dublin. He was selected for the Great Britain squad to compete in the

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, for the

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and 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships, held at the Arena Toruń in Poland, and the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul respectively. In 2021 and 2023 Rowe qualified for the final in the 3000m race. In September 2023, he won The Big Half in London. His time met the qualifying mark for the half-marathon at the inaugural

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, held in October 2023 in

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. In September 2023, he also won the Vitality London 10,000m in a time of 28:13. In January 2024, he ran a new 3000m personal best of 7:38.35 in Boston, Massachusetts.

References

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