Kevin Seaward has run the marathon at two Olympic Games, finishing 64th in 2:20:06 at Rio 2016 and 57th at Tokyo 2020.
His route to the Olympic Games is among the more unusual in Irish athletics. A talented underage middle-distance runner at St Malachy's College in Belfast, he stepped away from the sport at university and had raced little beyond ten miles when a friend persuaded him to enter the Manchester Marathon in 2014. He finished third, and the experience revived his competitive ambitions. On the recommendation of fellow Irish Olympian Paul Pollock he joined coach Andy Hobdell, and went on to run 2:14:52. He is based in Belfast.
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