Shannon Rowbury

Shannon Rowbury
Rowbury in 2016
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 (age 40)
San Francisco, California
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight115 lb (52 kg)
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)800 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters
College teamDuke Blue Devils
Coached byPete Julian
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2008 Beijing
  • 1500 m, 7th
  • 2012 London
  • 1500 m,  Bronze (not yet reallocated) [1]
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • 1500 m, 4th
World finals
  • 2009 Berlin
  • 1500 m,  Bronze
  • 2011 Daegu
  • 1500 m, 20th (sf)
  • 2013 Moscow
  • 5000 m, 7th
  • 2015 Beijing
  • 1500 m, 7th
  • 2017 London
  • 5000 m, 9th
Personal bests
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 1500 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Portland 3000 m
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nassau Distance medley relay
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Split 3000 m

Shannon Solares-Rowbury (born September 19, 1984) is an American middle-distance runner from San Francisco, California. After competing collegiately for Duke University, she turned professional in 2007. Rowbury has represented the United States at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2012.[4] She also represented the United States at the World Championships in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, winning the bronze medal in the 1500 meters in 2009.[5] In 2015, Rowbury helped set the world record with the U.S. team for the distance medley relay event,[6] and set a then-American record for 1500 meters on July 17, 2015, breaking Mary Slaney's 32 year-old mark with a time of 3:56.29.[3][7]

  1. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cewlqxkn5x8o
  2. ^ a b c d All-Athletics. "Profile of Shannon Rowbury".
  3. ^ a b Germano, Sara (July 17, 2015). "Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba Breaks 1,500-Meter World Record". Blogs.wsj.com.
  4. ^ "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 1,500 metres Final". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "2009 World Championships in Athletics - 1500 Metres - W". IAAF. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
  6. ^ IAAG Ratifies World Records. Retrieved on November 1, 2015
  7. ^ Shannon Rowbury breaks Decker's 31-year-old American record in the 1500m. Retrieved on November 1, 2015.