Alex Wright

Athletics

BIOGRAPHY

Alexander Wright had represented Ireland at two Olympic Games, Rio 2016 where he finished 46th in the 20km walk and DNF’d in the 50km walk; and Tokyo 2020 where he came 29th in the 50km walk.

London-born Alex, whose grandfather is from Tyrone, booked his place early for Tokyo with his 1:20:50 PB in La Coruna, Spain in 2019.

He was 10th in the 2018 Europeans Championships and his sixth place led Ireland to a European team bronze in 2017.

 

Gender

Male

Discipline

20km Walk

Personal Best

1:20:50 (June 2019)

Date Of Birth

December 19, 1990

Hometown

Mallow, Co Cork

Games

Tokyo 2020, Rio de Janeiro 2016

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