HEYWARD Jake

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Tampere, FIN	4th (3:43.76)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Accounting, Finance - Cardiff University, Great Britain

English

Cardiff Athletic Club [WAL] / Oregon Track Club Elite [USA]

Mark Rowland [Oregon]; Chris Jones [national]

In 2019 he suffered an achilles injury which affected him for around two years. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021)

He began running at primary school in Cardiff, Wales. (dai-sport.com, 04 Jul 2021)

He was encouraged to take part in athletics by physical education teacher Dai Griffin at Llanishen High School in Cardiff, Wales. "Mr Griffin was the person that really, really encouraged me, made sure that I went down to the track. It was something that I was going to do anyway and go down to Cardiff Athletics, but he definitely took a keen interest in athletics. I first joined the Cardiff Athletics group. But at that point, you're kind of just dabbling in high jump, sprints and a bit of everything." (dai-sport.com, 04 Jul 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 14 Jul 2021)

In 2016 he was named Young Sportsman of the Year at the Wales Sports Awards. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021)