Sarah Louise Rowell (born 19 November 1962) is a British former long-distance runner.
Born in Hostert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, she ran 2:39:11 at the age of 20 at the 1983 London Marathon.
Later that year she won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1983 Universiade in Edmonton.
[1] At the 1984 London marathon she improved her best to 2:31:28 to qualify for the British team for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Later in her running career, Rowell was a prominent fell runner, winning the Three Peaks Race four times, the Fellsman three times, as well as Wasdale, Borrowdale and Ben Nevis.