Arnold Rogers
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Born | Portsmouth | 4 September 1990|||||||||||||
Home town | La Línea de la Concepción | |||||||||||||
Occupation | Royal Gibraltar Regiment, British Army | |||||||||||||
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Country | Gibraltar | |||||||||||||
Sport | Long-distance running, Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Half Marathon, Marathon, 5000m, 10000m, 5km, 10km | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Joshua Schofield PGC1 Coaching | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arnold Rogers (born 4 September 1990)[1] is a Gibraltarian long-distance runner.
Currently serving as a soldier in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, a regiment of the British Army,[2] he is supported by the Army Elite Sports Program as a tier 3 athlete.[3] The program is aimed at identification and development of the Army’s most talented athletes and enables athletes to train alongside their regular jobs.[3] He currently competes wearing the jersey of his unit athletics team.[4]
In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain.[5] He finished in 138th place.[5] In 2018, he also competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[6] He finished in 57th place with a personal best of 2:32:41.[6]
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's half marathon team event at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ "Arnold Rogers". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Rogers cruises past competition as he wins the 10K (Incl. image gallery)". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ a b "Army Elite Sport Programme". ASCB. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Rogers leaves Lourdians to run for Regiment team". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ a b "Men's Results" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Arnold Rogers". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Athletics Medalists". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links[]
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Gibraltarian male athletes
- Gibraltarian people stubs
- European athletics biography stubs
- Gibraltarian sport stubs