Cathal Doyle

Cathal Doyle

Athletics

BIOGRAPHY

Cathal Doyle competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in athletics in the 1500 metres.

Doyle is from County Wicklow and developed his career through the Irish athletics system before competing collegiately in the United States.

Career highlights include winning medals at the European Indoor Championships and representing Ireland at World Championships and major international middle-distance competitions.

Team Ireland Number

913

Gender

Male

Discipline

1500m

Games

Paris 2024

Date Of Birth

November 12, 1997

Personal Best

3:34.09 (June 2024)

Hometown

Bettystown, Co. Meath

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Derek McCleane

Norman McEachern

Willie Dunne

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Mick Hoey

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Michael ‘Mike’ Keogh

Mary Tracey-Purcell

Margaret Murphy

John Hartnett

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Donal ‘Donie’ Walsh

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Daniel ‘Danny’ McDaid

Theodore Denis ‘Theo’ Phelan

Patrick ‘Paddy’ Anglim

Gerald Noel ‘Gerry’ Coughlan

Denis John Cussen

Daniel Cullen

Cornelius ‘Con’ O’Callaghan

Alister Clark

Michael ‘Sonny’ Murphy

Eamonn Fitzgerald

Claire Walsh

Noel Flanagan

Louis Crowe

John Alex ‘Lexie’ Tynan

Charles Reidy

Brendan O’Reilly

Joe West

Maeve Kyle

Eamonn Kinsella

Frank O’Reilly

Bertie Messitt

Thomas ‘Tom’ O’Riordan

Noel Carroll

James ‘Jim’ Hogan

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