Sarah Rowell Explained

Sarah Louise Rowell (born 19 November 1962) is a British former long-distance runner. Born in Hostert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, she ran 2:39:11 at the age of 20 at the 1983 London Marathon. Later that year she won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1983 Universiade in Edmonton.[1] At the 1984 London marathon she improved her best to 2:31:28 to qualify for the British team for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In the inaugural women's Olympic marathon, she finished 14th.[2] She broke the British record when running her personal best for the marathon with 2:28:06, when finishing second behind Ingrid Kristiansen at the 1985 London Marathon.

Later in her running career, Rowell was a prominent fell runner, winning the Three Peaks Race four times, the Fellsman three times, as well as Wasdale, Borrowdale and Ben Nevis. She finished second in the 1992 World Mountain Running Trophy and won both the British and English Fell Running Championships in 1995 and 1996.[3]

Achievements

Representing /
1982London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom23rdMarathon2:54:29[4]
1983Reading, United Kingdom1stHalf marathon1:16:00[5]
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom9thMarathon2:39:11[6]
World Student Games (Universiade)Edmonton, Canada1stMarathon2:47:37[7]
New York City MarathonNew York City, United States14thMarathon2:40:52[8]
1984London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom3rdMarathon2:31:28[9]
Los Angeles, United States14thMarathon2:34:08
1985London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom2ndMarathon2:28:06[10]
Columbus MarathonColumbus, Ohio, United States3rdMarathon2:36:39[11]
1990World Mountain Running TrophyTelfes, Austria5thFell Running38:15
1992World Mountain Running TrophySusa Valley, Italybgcolor=silver2ndFell running40:37
1993World Mountain Running TrophyGap, Hautes-Alpes6thFell Running38:32
1995World Mountain Running TrophyEdinburgh, United Kingdom12thFell Running40:06
1996European Mountain Running TrophyLlanberis, United Kingdom4thFell Running54:36

Notes and References

  1. The Times, 11 July 1983.
  2. Web site: Sarah Rowell Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/sarah-rowell-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Sports Reference LLC . 2013-03-04.
  3. Graham Breeze, "Laugh and be Happy: A Profile of Sarah Rowell", The Fellrunner, Autumn 2008.
  4. Web site: 1982 London Marathon . ARRS . 20 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Reading Half Marathon . Association of Road Racing Statisticians . 2013-03-04 . Stan Eldon.
  6. Web site: 1984 London Marathon . ARRS . 20 June 2017.
  7. Web site: 1983 World Student Games . ARRS . 20 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Sarah Rowell results . New York City Marathon . 20 June 2017.
  9. Web site: 1984 London Marathon . ARRS . 20 June 2017.
  10. The Times, 22 Apr 1985.
  11. Web site: 1985 Columbus Marathon . ARRS . 20 June 2017.

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