Nicholas Henry Rose (born 30 December 1951) is a British former international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle-distance and long-distance running events and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He set the world record in the half-marathon in 1979.
Biography He is the current European record holder in the 10K run (road),10 Kilometres All Time Top List. IAAF. Retrieved on 1 June 2010. and British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. His personal best in the half-marathon is 1:01:03, the second fastest British time after Steve Jones.UNITED KINGDOM ALL-TIME LISTS - MEN. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. He also held the British record in the indoor 2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly.Early birthday present for Colin Jackson as John Mayock breaks 24-year-old British record. IAAF (17 February 2002). Retrieved on 2009-04-28.
Rose's first major victory came in the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in 1974, competing for Western Kentucky University. In May 1975, Rose ran the first sub-four minute mile on Kentucky soil. He successfully made the progression to professional athletics, running the fastest indoor 3000 metres time of any athlete in 1978.All-time men's best 3000 m. All time Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. He was the national champion in the 10,000 metres in 1980.AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). GBR athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
He ran in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships twice. He made his first appearance in 1979 where he finished 21st and was a member of the winning English team. He returned the following year and this time took the bronze in the individual event and led the English team to an overall victory.IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
Rose became the British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1980 AAA Championships.
Rose competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in the 5000 metres event but failed to qualify for the final.Sports-reference biography Nick Rose. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. He took the silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, coming second to Dave Moorcroft in the 5000 metres.COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - ATHLETICS (MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. Rose competed only once at the World Championships in Athletics, finishing in seventh in the 10,000 metres in 1983.Men 10000m Athletics World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN) - Tuesday 09.08 . Todor66. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. He found success at the 1983 Gate River Run in Florida however, winning the 15 km race in 43:42.Gate River Run History Of Winners. Official Gate River Run website. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
Rose made his second Olympic appearance at the 1984 Olympic Games, this time competing in the 10,000 metres event, finishing twelfth in the final.Sports Lion. Retrieved on 28 April 2009. He won the national championships in the 10000 metres race in 1984.
He continued to run into the masters division, winning the Boilermaker Road Race in 1993.
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