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Lloyd Cowan
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1962-07-08) 8 July 1962 (age 62)
Hackney, London
Sport
SportAthletics

Lloyd Cowan (born 8 July 1962) is a male former British track and field athlete, who specialised in the 110 and 400 metres hurdles.[1]

Athletics career

Cowan was selected for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but he could not go because of illness. He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [2][3][4] and won his last medal at the AAA nationals in 1999.

Coaching

He retired from athletics at the age of 39 and now coaches 18 athletes, including Christine Ohuruogu, the former 400 metres Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion; Simeon Williamson, the former British 100 metres champion; and Andy Turner, the former European and Commonwealth 110 metres hurdles champion.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Lloyd Cowan", The Power of 10 athletics website.
  2. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ Jessica Salter: "Olympic coaches: how to run like a champion. Lloyd Cowan, UK Athletics coach, shares his tips on how to be a better runner", The Telegraph, 6 January 2012.