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Patrick Dever
British long-distance runner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.[1]
Professional career
On October 25, 2021, Dever announced via an Instagram post that he has signed a professional running contract with Puma.[2] Dever trains with Puma Elite under coach Alistair Cragg.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7] He finished second overall at the Boston 5k road race in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 April 2025 in a time of 13:35.[8]
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Personal life
He is from Preston, Lancashire.[9]
Results and personal records
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Taken from World Athletics profile.[10]
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