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Jake Heyward (born 26 April 1999) is a Welsh middle-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 1500m.

Career

Heyward was a European champion at under-18 and under-20 level. He turned professional in 2020 with the Oregon Track Club. Heyward went into the British Athletics Championship and Olympic trials in Manchester with a with a 3:33.99 personal best for the 1,500 metres race, which was below the minimum Olympic standard. He had also broken Neil Horsfield’s 31 year old Welsh record set in Brussels in 1990.[1] On 26 June, 2021 Heyward finished third in the 1,500m at the British championship to secure a place on the British team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games.[2] In Tokyo, despite being hampered by an Achilles injury Heyward came through the heats and semi-finals and came ninth in the final of the 1500m.[3] In 2022, Heyward finished as runner-up in the Fifth Avenue Mile behind three-time winner Jake Wightman.[4] He came fifth in the 1500m race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 1500m race in a new personal best time of 3:31.08 and then won silver in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Middle-Distance Ace Jake Heyward Obliterates 31-Year-Old Welsh 1500m Record In Olympic Qualifying Time". Dai Sport. 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "British Athletics Results". results.britishathletics.org.uk.
  3. ^ "'Maybe I bluffed the Olympics' - Jake Heyward predicts more in 2022". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Laura Muir and Jake Wightman win 5th Avenue Mile in New York". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "HEYWARD RUES MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Eurosport.

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