Jake Heyward

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Jake Heyward
File:Crop 1500 metres men final Tampere 2018.jpg
Heyward at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
Personal information
Full nameJake David T. Heyward
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 27)
Lisvane, Cardiff, Wales
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
1500 m
ClubOregon Track Club
Cardiff AAC
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 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich 1500m
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Grosseto 1500 m

Jake David T. Heyward (born 26 April 1999) is a Welsh middle-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

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Heyward was a European champion at under-18 and under-20 level while he was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. Having graduated from Cardiff University, he turned professional in 2020 with the Oregon Track Club.[1][2]

Heyward went into the British Athletics Championship and Olympic trials in Manchester in 2021 with a 3:33.99 personal best for the 1,500 metres race, which was below the minimum Olympic standard, although he had 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 2021 British Athletics Championships, to secure a place on the British team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan.[3] In Tokyo, despite being hampered by an Achilles injury Heyward came through the heats and semi-finals and placed ninth in the final of the 1500m.[4] He finished his 2021 season with a 3:52.15 mile run personal best, and Welsh record, in the 2021 Diamond League event, the Prefontaine Classic on August 21.[2]

In June 2022, he finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the 2022 British Athletics Championships.[5] He came fifth representing Wales in the 1500m race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, running a new personal best time of 3:31.08. He won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, finishing behind Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[6] Heyward finished as runner-up in the Fifth Avenue Mile behind three-time winner Jake Wightman in September 2022.[7]

References

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