The ‘Bandon Bullet’ has been one of the key figures in driving up the standard of Irish women’s sprinting over the past decade.

Phil Healy was part of the women’s 4 x 400m relay team that captured the hearts of the nation when they finished 4th in the women’s final at the Paris 2024 Games with a new national record time of 3:19:90.

Healy was also part of the mixed 4x400m who made history by making an Olympic final in Tokyo.

As an individual, Health was fourth in a European Junior 100m final in 2013, was twice a 200m finalist at World Student Games, and made the European Semi-finals in 2018, before qualifying for her first Olympics in 2020 at both 200m and 400m.