Bio

Jake Heyward (born 26 April 1999) is a Welsh middle-distance runner. He turned professional in 2020 with the Oregon Track Club. Heyward went into the British Athletics Championship and Olympic trials in Manchester with a with a 3:33.99 personal best for the 1,500 metres race, which was below the minimum Olympic standard. He had also broken Neil Horsfield’s 31 year old Welsh record set in Brussels in 1990. On 26 June 2021 Heyward finished third in the 1,500m at the British championship to secure a place on the British team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games.