Sarah Rowell

Sarah Louise Rowell (born 19 November 1962) is a British former long-distance runner. Born in Hostert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, she ran 2:39:11 at the age of 20 at the 1983 London Marathon. Later that year she won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1983 Universiade in Edmonton. At the 1984 London marathon she improved her best to 2:31:28 to qualify for the British team for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In the inaugural women's Olympic marathon, she finished 14th. She broke the British record when running her personal best for the marathon with 2:28:06, when finishing second behind Ingrid Kristiansen at the 1985 London Marathon.

Later in her running career, Rowell was a prominent fell runner, winning the Three Peaks Race four times as well as Wasdale, Borrowdale and Ben Nevis. She finished second in the 1992 World Mountain Running Trophy and won both the British and English Fell Running Championships in 1995 and 1996.

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Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:British female long-distance runners
Category:English female long-distance runners
Category:British fell runners
Category:British female marathon runners
Category:English female marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:British mountain runners
Category:Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain