Arnold Rogers

{{short description|Gibraltarian long-distance runner}}

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{{Medal|Competition| Island Games }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Gibraltar | Half marathon team }}

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Arnold Rogers (born 4 September 1990){{Cite web|title=Arnold Rogers|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/gibraltar/arnold-rogers-14831261|url-status=live|access-date=10 July 2020|website=World Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219020913/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/gibraltar/arnold-rogers-14831261 |archive-date=2021-12-19 }} is a Gibraltarian long-distance runner and the current national record holder for the marathon.{{Cite web|title=National Records|url=https://gibraltarathletics.com/national-records/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Gibraltar Athletics|language=en-GB}}

Currently serving as a soldier in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, a regiment of the British Army,{{Cite web|title=Rogers cruises past competition as he wins the 10K (Incl. image gallery)|url=https://www.chronicle.gi/rogers-cruises-past-competition-as-he-wins-the-10k-incl-image-gallery/|access-date=2021-06-13|language=en}} he is supported by the Army Elite Sports Program as a tier 3 athlete.{{Cite web|title=Army Elite Sport Programme|url=https://armysportcontrolboard.com/army-elite-sports-programme/|access-date=2021-06-13|website=ASCB|language=en-GB}} The program is aimed at identification and development of the Army's most talented athletes and enables athletes to train alongside their regular jobs. He currently competes wearing the jersey of his unit athletics team.{{Cite web|title=Rogers leaves Lourdians to run for Regiment team|url=https://www.chronicle.gi/rogers-leaves-lourdians-to-run-for-regiment-team/|access-date=2021-06-13|language=en}}

In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain.{{Cite web|title=Men's Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6023/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109183644/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6023/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2020|access-date=28 June 2020|website=2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships}} He finished in 138th place. In 2018, he also competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.{{Cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM099101_C73K.pdf |title=2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results |access-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001842/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM099101_C73K.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2018 |url-status=dead }} He finished in 57th place with a time of 2:32:41.

In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's half marathon team event at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar.{{Cite web|title=Arnold Rogers|url=https://www.gibraltar2019results.com/competitor.aspx?RegID=45130|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802072454/https://www.gibraltar2019results.com/competitor.aspx?RegID=45130|archive-date=2 August 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|website=2019 Island Games}}{{Cite web|title=Athletics Medalists|url=https://www.gibraltar2019results.com/medal.aspx?SportID=2&IslandID=0&ShowWinners=True&PrintView=True|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802073055/https://www.gibraltar2019results.com/medal.aspx?SportID=2&IslandID=0&ShowWinners=True&PrintView=True|archive-date=2 August 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|website=2019 Island Games}}

In 2021, he competed for Gibraltar at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland finishing 78th.{{Cite web|title=European XC 2021 Results Book|url=https://assets.european-athletics.com/1b0ba6ee-7cb4-4ff2-91ae-240384de1a19}}

In February 2022, Arnold ran the Seville Marathon finishing in 2:28:08{{Cite web|title=Tu Clasif. en Zurich Maratón de Sevilla 2022 — Sportmaniacs|url=https://sportmaniacs.com/es/races/zurich-maraton-de-sevilla-2022/62124abb-1a54-4e1f-b6e6-1407ac1f2198/results/athlete/502/results|access-date=2022-02-22|website=sportmaniacs.com|language=es}} setting a new Gibraltar national record. He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 16th in the men's marathon event.{{cite web |title=Marathon - Men's Marathon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62360812 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2022}}