Patrick Dever (born 5 September 1996) is a British long-distance runner. He won the 2021 British Athletics Championships over 5000 metres and the NCAA Championships over 10,000 metres in 2021. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. On 26 April 2026, he clocked 2:06:18 at the TCS London Marathon, making him the third-fastest British male in history.
Collegiate career Dever attended and competed for the University of Tulsa for two years while working on his master's degree in accounting. He left Tulsa as a two time All-American in both cross country and track and field. On June 9, 2021, Dever won the NCAA national championship 10,000m in a meet record of 27:41.87, narrowly edging out Conner Mantz, and Abdihamid Nur by less than a second.
Professional career On October 25, 2021, Dever announced via an Instagram post that he has signed a professional running contract with Puma. Dever trains with Puma Elite under coach Alistair Cragg.
He ran a personal best in the 10,000 metres of 27:08.81 in San Juan Capistrano, California in March 2024 to move to second on the UK all-time list. After becoming the 2024 British champion (by finishing as the highest placed British athlete at the night of the 10,000 PB's), Dever was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he failed to make it to the final of the 5000m.
In January 2025, he moved to fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time list after his fifth place finish in Texas at the Houston half marathon in a time of 60:11. He finished second overall at the Boston 5k road race in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 April 2025 in a time of 13:35.
On 2 November 2025, Dever finished fourth in the New York City Marathon in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 58 seconds. He was later upgraded to bronze due to a doping ban against the original third-place finisher, Albert Korir.
Personal life He is from Preston, Lancashire.
Results and personal records Taken from World Athletics profile.
Championship Results YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTimeNotes2016European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy7.97 km49th24:29U23 Race2017British Athletics ChampionshipsAlexander Stadium1500m11th3:51.56European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia8.23 km16th25:02U23 Race2018European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands8.3 km5th24:052019British Indoor Athletics ChampionshipsArena Birmingham3000m8:00.83European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10.3 km25th31:292021NCAA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsHayward Field10,000m1st27:41.87Meet Record5000m6th13:19.85British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester Regional Arena1st13:37.302022British Athletics Championships5th13:47.46World Athletics ChampionshipsHayward Field10,000m23rd29:13.88Commonwealth GamesAlexander Stadium5000m7th13:22.10European Athletics ChampionshipsOlympiastadion21st13:45.89 Personal Records SurfaceEventTimeDateVenueIndoor track3000m7:43.57January 30, 2022Boston UniversityOutdoor track1500m3:41.18May 16, 2021Tampa Bay, FloridaOne mile3:58.62July 24, 2021Loughborough, GBR3000m7:37.39July 13, 2021Gateshead International Stadium5000m13:19.85June 11, 2021Hayward Field10,000m27:08.81March 16, 2024San Juan Capistrano, CaliforniaRoadHalf marathon1:00:11January 19, 2025Houston, TexasMarathon2:06:18April 26, 2026London, United Kingdom
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