Julian Norris Goater (born 12 January 1953) is a male retired British long-distance runner.

Goater grew up in Mill Hill, London NW7, and began his running career while attending The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, where his father Barry (1930-2022) was a Biology master.

In 1979 he was a member of the team that took the gold medal at IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[1][2] Goater took up triathlon and duathlon in the 1990s competing at National and International Age-Group levels.