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Arnold Rogers

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Arnold Rogers
Personal information
Born (1990-09-04) 4 September 1990 (age 34)
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Home townLa Línea de la Concepción
Occupation(s)Royal Gibraltar Regiment, British Army
Sport
CountryGibraltar
SportLong-distance running, Athletics
Event(s)Half Marathon, Marathon, 5000m, 10000m, 5km, 10km
Coached byJoshua Schofield PGC1 Coaching
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Gibraltar
Island Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gibraltar Half marathon team

Arnold Rogers (born 4 September 1990)[1] is a Gibraltarian long-distance runner and the current national record holder for the marathon.[2]

Currently serving as a soldier in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, a regiment of the British Army,[3] he is supported by the Army Elite Sports Program as a tier 3 athlete.[4] The program is aimed at identification and development of the Army's most talented athletes and enables athletes to train alongside their regular jobs.[4] He currently competes wearing the jersey of his unit athletics team.[5]

In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain.[6] He finished in 138th place.[6] In 2018, he also competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[7] He finished in 57th place with a time of 2:32:41.[7]

In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's half marathon team event at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar.[8][9]

In 2021, he competed for Gibraltar at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland finishing 78th.[10]

In February 2022, Arnold ran the Seville Marathon finishing in 2:28:08[11] setting a new Gibraltar national record.[2] He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 16th in the men's marathon event.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Arnold Rogers". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "National Records". Gibraltar Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Rogers cruises past competition as he wins the 10K (Incl. image gallery)". Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Army Elite Sport Programme". ASCB. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Rogers leaves Lourdians to run for Regiment team". Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Arnold Rogers". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Athletics Medalists". 2019 Island Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ "European XC 2021 Results Book".
  11. ^ "Tu Clasif. en Zurich Maratón de Sevilla 2022 — Sportmaniacs". sportmaniacs.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Marathon - Men's Marathon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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