Rowena Cole
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| Born | 13 January 1992 Coventry, West Midlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Tile Hill Wood School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Coventry University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Coventry Godiva Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rowena Cole (born 13 January 1992) is a British middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres and competes in international level events. Her highest achievement in winning is a silver medal won at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Cole trains with the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletic club.[4]
In 2008 she was named the England Athletics’ Young Athlete of the Year[5] and won the Intermediate 800m title at the English Schools Athletics Championships.[5] She was then invited to become a member of the "On Camp with Kelly" mentoring and education initiative with Dame Kelly Holmes.[6]
In 2010 she participated in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi[5] and the next year she won a silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn.[3] She achieved a new personal best of 2:04.21 in 2015.[1]
In 2022 Cole ran in the Coventry Godiva Harriers Ladies' team at the Midlands Road Relay, winning the event.[7][8]
Alongside competing, she achieved a Sports Marketing degree at Coventry University and was employed at the marketing department of Coventry Sports Foundation.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rowena Cole - World Athletics". World Athletics. 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Coventry athlete Rowena Cole targest 2016 Olympics". BBC Sport. 2 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Coventry's Cole wins silver medal". 25 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Coventry Godiva Harriers. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Vonledebur, Catherine (13 April 2011). "Rowena Cole is young, gifted and fast!". Coventry Live. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Athletics: Rowena Cole in the Aviva Great Britaint eam for the European Athletics Under 20 Championships". Coventry Live. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "ATHLETICS – Coventry Godiva Harriers Ladies' become Midland Road Relay champions". Coventry Observer. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve. "Rowena Cole brings Coventry to women's victory". AW. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Waddington, Jenny (17 October 2013). "Rowena Cole joins Coventry Sports Foundation". Coventry Live. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Coventry Sports Foundation invests". Bdaily Business News. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
