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Arthur Rowe (athlete)

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Arthur Rowe

Personal information

Born

17 August 1936
Barnsley, England

Died

13 September 2003 (aged 67)
Barnsley, England

Medal record

Representing Great Britain

European Championships
	1958 Stockholm	Shot put
Representing England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
	1958 Cardiff	Shot put

Arthur Rowe (17 August 1936 – 13 September 2003) was a track and field athlete from England.

Athletics career

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Rowe was born in Smithies, near Barnsley. After leaving school, he became an apprentice blacksmith before being introduced to shot-putting at the age of 17.^[1]

Rowe won five consecutive AAA Championship shot put titles between 1957 and 1961,^[2] and represented England in the shot put at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesinCardiff, Wales, winning a gold medal.^[3]^[4] He also won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the 1958 European Athletics ChampionshipsinStockholm, Sweden.

He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer OlympicsinRome, Italy, but failed to qualify.

References

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^ "Arthur Rowe". The Guardian. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

^ "Arthur Rowe The larger-than-life figure who still holds many titles". Herald Scotland. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.

External links

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British Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007)
Highland Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 May 2007)
Arthur RoweatOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

European Athletics Championships champions in men's shot put

1934: Arnold Viiding (EST)

1938:

Aleksander Kreek (EST)

1946:

Gunnar Huseby (ISL)

1950:

Gunnar Huseby (ISL)

1954:

Jiří Skobla (TCH)

1958:

Arthur Rowe (GBR)

1962:

Vilmos Varjú (HUN)

1966:

Vilmos Varjú (HUN)

1969:

Dieter Hoffmann (GDR)

1971:

Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)

1974:

Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)

1978:

Udo Beyer (GDR)

1982:

Udo Beyer (GDR)

1986:

Werner Günthör (SUI)

1990:

Ulf Timmermann (GDR)

1994:

Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR)

1998:

Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)

2002:

Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)

2006:

Ralf Bartels (GER)

2010:

Tomasz Majewski (POL)

2012:

David Storl (GER)

2014:

David Storl (GER)

2016:

David Storl (GER)

2018:

Michał Haratyk (POL)

2022:

Filip Mihaljević (CRO)

2024:

Leonardo Fabbri (ITA)

Commonwealth Games champions in men's shot put

1930: Harry Hart (SAF)

1934:

Harry Hart (SAF)

1938:

Louis Fouché (SAF)

1950:

Mataika Tuicakau (FIJ)

1954:

John Savidge (ENG)

1958:

Arthur Rowe (ENG)

1962:

Martyn Lucking (ENG)

1966:

Dave Steen (CAN)

1970:

Dave Steen (CAN)

1974:

Geoff Capes (ENG)

1978:

Geoff Capes (ENG)

1982:

Bruno Pauletto (CAN)

1986:

Billy Cole (ENG)

1990:

Simon Williams (ENG)

1994:

Matt Simson (ENG)

1998:

Burger Lambrechts (RSA)

2002:

Justin Anlezark (AUS)

2006:

Janus Robberts (RSA)

2010:

Dylan Armstrong (CAN)

2014:

O'Dayne Richards (JAM)

2018:

Tom Walsh (NZL)

2022:

Tom Walsh (NZL)

v t e AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
1876–1914	1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL) 1882: George Ross 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL) 1888: George Gray (CAN) 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891–92: William Barry (IRL) 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1911: James Barrett (IRL) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
1919–39	1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: James Barrett IRL 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1925: Herb Schwarze USA 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA 1929: József Darányi HUN 1930: Jules Noël FRA 1931: József Darányi HUN 1932: Harry Hart SAF 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: Hans Woellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
1946–59	1946: Aad de Bruyn NED 1947–48: David Guiney IRL 1949: John Giles 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL 1952–54: John Savidge 1955–56: Barclay Palmer 1957–59: Arthur Rowe
1960–2006	1960–61: Arthur Rowe 1962: Jay Silvester USA 1963: Mike Lindsay 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN 1966: Jan Botha RSA 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA 1968–69: Jeff Teale 1970–71: Les Mills NZL 1972–73: Geoff Capes 1974: Al Feuerbach USA 1975–79: Geoff Capes 1980: Brian Oldfield USA 1981–82: Mike Winch 1983: Mike Carter USA 1984: Mike Winch 1985–86: Billy Cole 1987: Paul Edwards 1988–89: Simon Williams 1990–92: Paul Edwards 1993: Matt Simson 1994: Paul Edwards 1995: Mark Proctor 1996: Matt Simson 1997: Steph Hayward 1998–99: Mark Proctor 2000: Steph Hayward 2001–02: Mark Proctor 2003–06: Carl Myerscough

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