Reuben Arthur Explained

Reuben Arthur
Nationality:British
Birth Date:12 October 1996
Birth Place:Islington, London[1]
Weight:67kg (148lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 metres
Pb:100 m: 10.18

Reuben Arthur (born 12 October 1996) is a British male track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He was a relay gold medallist with England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, leading off the team of Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

Born in Islington, London,[1] he represented Great Britain in age category competitions, including the World Youth Championships in Athletics, World Junior Championships in Athletics, European Athletics Junior Championships and European Athletics U23 Championships.[2] He won his first international medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, taking a silver with the 4 × 100 metres relay team including Theo Etienne, Kyle de Escofet and Ojie Edoburun.[3] [4]

He joined Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club and worked with coaches Edwin Stevens and Jonas Dodoo.[5] He went on to study at Goldsmiths, University of London and won the British Universities 100 m title in 2017.[6]

International competitions

2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine4th (semis)100 m10.66
2014World U20 ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th (semis)100 m10.81
— (h)4 × 100 m relay
2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden4th100 m10.67
— (h)4 × 100 m relay
2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m10.39
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay39.11
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australiabgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay38.13

Notes and References

  1. https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6062730-reuben-arthur.htm Reuben Arthur
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/reuben-arthur-284160 Reuben Arthur
  3. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/history/year=2017/athletics/event/mens-4x100-relay/ Final results
  4. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=a/athlete=140880-arthur-reuben/index.html Reuben Arthur
  5. http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=102433 Reuben Arthur
  6. http://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/reuben-arthur-takes-bucs-100m-gold-60455 Reuben Arthur takes BUCS 100m gold