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Jack Kavanagh (runner)

British long-distance runner

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Overview

Jack Kavanagh (born 13 April 2000) is a British long-distance runner. In 2025, he became English champion over 5000 metres and was runner-up to Josh Kerr over that distance at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.

Biography

Kavanagh grew up in Surrey and attended Hurst Green Infant School, Holland Junior School and Oxted School. He has a family background in athletics, and his grandfather helped build the track at Holland Sports Athletics Club, and although Kavanagh himself trained himself there as a child, he later focused more on team sports such as football. Kavanagh worked as a teacher in Hurst Green, near Oxted, Surrey, and started running again as a hobby during the Covid-19 pandemic. He completed the 2021 London Marathon for charity in three hours and four minutes. In 2021, he also ran 5 km on the road in 16:32. He began to train again at Holland Sports Athletics Club in Hurst Green where he began to be coached by former Olympic competitor Neil Danby.

He also received coaching around aspects such as mindset, nutrition and sleep from former professional footballer Nicky Forster, who also grew up in Hurst Green. He ran a personal best on the road of 13:34 for 5 km at the Podium Festival in Leicester in March 2025. In July 2025, Kavanagh became the English champion on the track over 5000 metres. The following month, Kavanagh was runner up behind Josh Kerr over 5000 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham. Kavanagh ran 13:44 at the FNUL x Adidas x SportsShoes 5 km in Battersea in November 2025, breaking the course record set by Jack Rowe in 2021, and moved to third on the British 2025 list for the distance behind Sam Atkin and Will Barnicoat. In January 2026, Kavanagh ran a 14:48 Parkrun on New Years Day before winning the Senior Men's race at the Surrey Cross Country Championships.

In May, he ran a meeting record 13:46.71 to win over 5000 m in Prague at the KPMG Prague Night of PBs. Kavanagh represented Great Britain in the European 10,000m Cup. In June, he ran a personal best of 7:54.09 as he retained his men's 3000 m title at Hercules Wimbledon.

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