Rory Leonard

Rory Leonard (born 13 February 2001) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a long distance runner.[4] He was coached by his father Tony as a youngster, and both his parents competed collegiately at the University of Arkansas, with his mother Sharon winning an English Schools silver medal in cross country in the 1980s.[1] That year, he won gold at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships over 10,000 metres in Espoo.[10] That month, he was selected to run the 10,000 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[12][13] Leonard broke the British men's 10km road race record at the 10K Valencia, Spain, on 12 January 2025, recording a time of 27 minutes 38 seconds, which took six seconds off the previous mark set by Mo Farah in 2010 and equalled by Emile Cairess in 2022.
Athletics10,000 metrescross countryGreat BritainEuropean U23 Championships2023 EspooEuropean Cross Country Championships2024 Antalya2023 BrusselsU23 Team2022 Turin2021 Dublinlong distance runnerAmpleforthYorkshireThe King Edward VI School, MorpethEuropean Youth OlympicsOklahoma State UniversityUniversity of ArkansasWorld Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus2023 European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsGreat North RunNewcastle upon TyneBattersea2024 European Athletics Championships2024 European Cross Country ChampionshipsAntalya10K ValenciaMo FarahEmile CairessEuropean Athletics U23 ChampionshipsRachid BerradiMarco MazzaDmytro BaranovskyyYevgeniy RybakovSelim BayrakSondre Nordstad MoenAli KayaCarlos MayoJimmy Gressier