Patrick Dever


Patrick Dever 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.

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.

Professional career

On October 25, 2021, Dever announced via an Instagram post that he has signed a professional running contract with Puma. Dever trains with Puma Elite under coach Alistair Cragg.
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. After becoming the 2024 British champion, 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.
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. He finished second overall at the Boston 5k road race in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 April 2025 in a time of 13:35.
On 2 November 2025, Dever finished fourth in the New York City Marathon in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 58 seconds.

Personal life

He is from Preston, Lancashire.

Results and personal records

Taken from World Athletics profile.
Championship Results
YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTimeNotes
2016European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy7.97 km49th24:29U23 Race
2017British Athletics ChampionshipsAlexander Stadium1500m11th3:51.56
2017European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia8.23 km16th25:02U23 Race
2018European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands8.3 km5th24:05U23 Race
2019British Indoor Athletics ChampionshipsArena Birmingham3000m5th8:00.83
2019European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10.3 km25th31:29
2021NCAA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsHayward Field10,000m1st27:41.87Meet Record
2021NCAA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsHayward Field5000m6th13:19.85
2021British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester Regional Arena5000m1st13:37.30
2022British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester Regional Arena5000m5th13:47.46
2022World Athletics ChampionshipsHayward Field10,000m23rd29:13.88
2022Commonwealth GamesAlexander Stadium5000m7th13:22.10
2022European Athletics ChampionshipsOlympiastadion5000m21st13:45.89

Personal Records
SurfaceEventTimeDateVenue
Indoor track3000m7:43.57January 30, 2022Boston University
Outdoor track1500m3:41.18May 16, 2021Tampa Bay, Florida
Outdoor trackOne mile3:58.62July 24, 2021Loughborough, GBR
Outdoor track3000m7:37.39July 13, 2021Gateshead International Stadium
Outdoor track5000m13:19.85June 11, 2021Hayward Field
Outdoor track10,000m27:08.81March 16, 2024San Juan Capistrano, California
RoadHalf marathon1:00:11January 19, 2025Houston, Texas
RoadMarathon2:08:58November 2, 2025New York City, New York