Shannon Rowbury

Shannon Rowbury

Shannon Rowbury , full name: Shannon Nicole Rowbury , (born September 19, 1984 in San Francisco ) is an American middle -distance runner who specializes in the 1,500 meter distance .

As a student at Duke University , she was NCAA hall champion in the mile run and vice-champion over 3000 m in 2007 . Shortly thereafter, she suffered a fatigue fracture that made it impossible for her to participate in the 2007 outdoor season.

In 2008 she was US indoor champion over 3000 m and won the US eliminations for the Olympic Games in Beijing , where she was seventh. At the World Athletics Finals she was fifth.

As a US champion, she went to the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin . In the final, she came fourth behind the Spaniard Natalia Rodríguez , Maryam Yusuf Jamal from Bahrain and the British Lisa Dobriskey . After Rodríguez was subsequently disqualified for jostling, Rowbury received the bronze medal. At the world finals she was again fifth.

In 2010 she became US runner-up in the hall and third at the Athletics Continental Cup in Split . At the 2011 World Cup in Daegu, she was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Shannon Rowbury is 1.65 meters tall and weighs 52 kg. She is trained by John Cook.

Best times

• 800 m : 1: 59.97 min, July 29, 2016, Eugene
• 1500 m: 3: 56.29 min, July 17, 2015, Monaco
  • Hall: 4:05:08 min, February 14, 2015, New York
• 1 mile: 4: 20.34 min, September 7, 2008, Rieti
  • Hall: 4: 22.66 min, January 31, 2015, Winston-Salem
• 3000 m: 8: 29.93 min, September 5, 2014, Brussels
  • Hall: 8: 41.94 min, January 28, 2017, Boston
• 5000 m : 14: 38.92 min, September 9, 2016, Brussels

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2009. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2009, ISBN 978-1-899807-78-9 .

Web links

• Official website
• Shannon Rowbury in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
• Shannon Rowbury in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )