Arthur Rowe (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1936 Smithies, Barnsley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 September 2003 (aged 67) Barnsley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Doncaster Plant Works AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Rowe (17 August 1936 – 13 September 2003) was a track and field athlete from England who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Rowe was born in Smithies, near Barnsley. After leaving school, he became an apprentice blacksmith before being introduced to shot-putting at the age of 17.[1]
Rowe won five consecutive British AAA Championship shot put titles between 1957 and 1961,[2][3][4][5]
He represented England in the shot put at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, winning a gold medal.[6][7] He also won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, but failed to qualify.[8]
Throughout 1960s he participated in Highland games heavy athletics events. Some of his most notable performances include breaking the Weight over bar world record in 1963 and again in 1965.
References
[edit]- ^ "Arthur Rowe". The Guardian. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Arthur Rowe The larger-than-life figure who still holds many titles". Herald Scotland. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Results". Sunday Express. 16 July 1961. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- British Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007)
- Highland Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 May 2007)
- Arthur Rowe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's shot put | |
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- 1936 births
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- Sportspeople from Barnsley
- Athletes from Yorkshire
- English male shot putters
- British male shot putters
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- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
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