Arthur Rowe

Personal information
Born	(1936-08-17)17 August 1936 Barnsley, England
Died	13 September 2003(2003-09-13) (aged 67) Barnsley, England
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Championships 1958 Stockholm Shot put Representing  England British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff Shot put

Arthur Rowe (17 August 1936 – 13 September 2003) was a track and field athlete from England.

Rowe was born in Smithies, near Barnsley. After leaving school, he became an apprentice blacksmith before being introduced to shot-putting at the age of 17.^[1]

Rowe won five consecutive AAA Championship shot put titles between 1957 and 1961,^[2] and represented England in the shot put at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, winning a gold medal.^[3][4] He also won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.

He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, but failed to qualify.

• British Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007)
• Highland Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 May 2007)
• Arthur Rowe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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