Rhydian Cowley
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 Cowley at Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 January 1991 Clayton, Victoria, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Race Walking | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 50 kilometres race walk 20 kilometres race walk | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 10 kilometres race walk: 38:13 20 kilometres race walk: 1:18:33 50 kilometres race walk: 3:52:01 | ||||||||||||||
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Rhydian Cowley (born 4 January 1991) is an Australian race walker born in Glen Waverley, Victoria who specialises in the 50 kilometres race walk and 20 kilometres race walk.[2] Cowley competed in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3] For both of his major championship competitions, Cowley qualified in the 20 kilometres race walk.[4] He has also competed at a Summer Universiade, five World Race Walking Cups, and a World Junior Championships.[4] In 2021, he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he finished in 8th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a new personal best time of 3:52.01 just 113 seconds behind the eventual winner Dawid Tomala of Poland.[5][6]
Cowley was born on 4 January 1991.[2] He attended Melbourne High School and Deakin University in his schooling years,[7][8] completing a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce at the latter institution.[9] He currently lives in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia.[3] Cowley started race walking at Little Athletics when he was 8 years old.[10]
