Mark Rowland

Mark Robert Rowland (born 7 March 1963 in Watersfield, West Sussex, England) is a retired male distance-runner from the United Kingdom, who specialised in the 3000m steeplechase.

Rowland became the eighth and, thus far, final British athlete to pick up a medal in the steeplechase event at the Olympics.

[2]Two years later, Rowland was beaten to the gold in a sprint finish in the same event at the European Championships in Split by the Italian athlete Francesco Panetta.

He also represented England in the 5,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

[6] In 2022, Rowland left Oregon Track Club to become an endurance coach at Athletics Canada's west hub in Victoria, British Columbia.