Jake Heyward
Heyward at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
Personal information
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999
Cardiff, Wales
Sport
CountryWales
SportTrack and field
Event1500 m
ClubOregon Track Club
Turned pro2019
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 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

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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