Cillin Greene was part of the Irish mixed 4x400 metres relay team that set a national record in the heats at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and went on to finish eighth in the final.
He won his first national 400 metres title at the Irish Senior Championships in June 2021 in 46.38 seconds. Earlier that month he recorded a personal best of 46.18 seconds in Geneva, placing him 10th on the Irish all-time list for the event.
Greene is from Cregmore, County Galway.