Jake Heyward

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.

Jake Heyward
Personal information
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999
Cardiff, Wales
Sport
CountryWales
SportTrack and field
Event(s)1500 m
ClubOregon Track Club
Turned pro2019
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 800 m: 1:46.47 (Stockholm 2021)
  • 1000 m: 2:18.55 (Finn Rock, OR 2020)
  • 1500 m: 3:31.08 (Birmingham 2022)
  • Mile: 3:51.99 (Eugene, OR 2022)
  • 3000 m: 8:00.93i (Cardiff 2018)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  United Kingdom
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Munich1500m

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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