Lloyd Cowan (8 July 1962 – 11 January 2021) was a British track and field athlete. Cowan specialised in the 110 and 400 metres hurdles, but was better known as a coach. On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Cowan had died at the age of 58.

Athletics career

Cowan was selected for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but he could not go because of illness. He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and won his last medal at the AAA nationals in 1999.

Lloyd Cowan

Coaching

He retired from athletics at the age of 39 and went on to coach 18 athletes including; Christine Ohuruogu, the former 400 metres Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion; Simeon Williamson, the former British 100 metres champion; and Andy Turner, the former European, and Commonwealth 110 metres hurdles champion.

Lloyd Cowan

He was appointed MBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours.

Lloyd Cowan

References

1962 births

2021 deaths

Sportspeople from Essex

English athletics coaches

English male hurdlers

Commonwealth Games competitors for England

Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Members of the Order of the British Empire