BIOGRAPHY From the start, Rhasidat Adeleke was a true prodigy, winning European sprint 100m/200m doubles at Youth and Junior level, including a European U18 200m title when she was just 15. She holds the full deck of Irish senior sprint records (60m to 400m). Tallaght AC nurtured her talent before she moved to the University [...]

BIOGRAPHY Luke made his first big leap in 2021 when his 3:36:81 knocked five seconds off his PB and went on to debut at European and World Championships over the next two years. An injury delayed his 2024 start until May, forcing him to race in seven countries within five weeks in pursuit of Olympic [...]

BIOGRAPHY Jack was an individual 400m finalist at last year’s European U23 Championships (7th) where he set his PB in the semi-finals. He produced a brilliant finish to win his first national senior outdoor title this year, which sealed his place on the Mixed relay squad. He’s already been part of the squad that made [...]

BIOGRAPHY Nicola, whose dad Norman built her a throwing circle on the family’s dairy farm in her mid-teens, might have been targeting LA 2028 but has made incredible progress in the past year and is the youngest member of the athletics squad. She impressed by finishing ninth in the European final last month at her [...]

BIOGRAPHY A European 800m junior silver medallist behind Keely Hodgkinson in 2018, Sophie won the European U23 1500m title in Finland last year, outsprinting Irish teammate Sarah Healy for gold. She ran her PB on her debut at World Seniors in 2023. Sophie, who is the daughter of Olympic medallist Sonia and world-renowned coach Nic [...]

BIOGRAPHY Kate O’Connor made history at Paris 2024 by becoming Ireland’s first Olympic heptathlete and only the second female athletics multi-eventer after Margaret Murphy’s 1972 pentathlon. Kate finished 14th overall, improving from her 23rd place ranking. Her international career began with a European Junior (U20) silver medal in 2019 at age 18, where she became [...]

BIOGRAPHY Kelly is a five-time Irish 400m hurdles champion who moved to eleventh on the Irish all-time 400m flat list in May with an impressive performance in Brussels. She was part of the Women’s 4x400m Relay team who sensationally made the final at the World Championships in Budapest last year. She ran a 400m hurdles [...]

BIOGRAPHY Rachel played hockey and learnt ballet when she was younger. She only joined an athletics club upon starting secondary school yet anchored the Irish women’s 4x400m team that came very close to a medal at the European Juniors (U20) in 2019. This year she has broken her 200m and 400m personal bests and ran [...]

BIOGRAPHY Jodie has been in the form of her life this year, lowering her 5000m personal best by nearly one minute, to move to tenth on the Irish all-time list, and has also set PBs in the 1500m/Mile/3000m. Putting her primary teaching job on hold and training with Craig Mottram’s group in Australia (she has [...]

BIOGRAPHY Sharlene Mawdsley was part of the women's 4 x 400m relay team that performed superbly to finish 4th at the Paris Olympic Games. The memorable race came at the conclusion of her first Olympics which saw her finish 10th in both the mixed 4 x 400m relay and the individual women's 400m final. She [...]

BIOGRAPHY Roisin was a member of the women’s 4x400m team who were finalists in the World Championships in Budapest last year and also ran the penultimate leg when they set a new Irish indoor record (3:28.45), and finished fifth, at World Indoors in Glasgow this season. She also helped Ireland’s women to the 4x400m final [...]

BIOGRAPHY Brian Fay is the first quadruplet to represent Ireland at an Olympic Games. He was the first Irishman home at the European Cross-Country Championships in Dublin in 2021 with an impressive 10th place, and has since proved his class on the track. He was seventh in the US collegiates (NCAA) in 2022, when he [...]

BIOGRAPHY Eric, whose grandmother comes from Ballina (Co Mayo), grew up in New York (Rockland), and he was coached in high school by Ireland’s Sydney Olympic hammer thrower Paddy McGrath. He broke the 20metre mark (20:07), and Paddy Quirke’s 30-year-old Irish record, for the first time in 2022 and came very close to breaking 21m [...]

BIOGRAPHY Cathal has represented Ireland in cross-country and mountain running as well as track and has had a great 2024 season, taking over two seconds off his personal best and moving to sixth on the Irish 1500m all-time list. The reigning three-time Irish 1500m champion has twice been a NCAA semi-finalist for the University of [...]

BIOGRAPHY Lauren, who gave up gaelic football four years ago to concentrate on sprinting, has been in the form of her life this season, breaking 53 seconds for the first time in early June. Just over a week later she ran in the heats of the women’s 4x400m Relay in Rome, helping Ireland to make [...]

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 [...]

BIOGRAPHY Stephen Scullion competed in the marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, initially achieving the qualification standard when he finished fifth in the Houston Marathon, before sealing his position when he knocked two minutes off his PB with 2:09:49 at the 2020 London Marathon, just 34 seconds shy of Olympic Silver Medallist John Treacy’s [...]

BIOGRAPHY Two time Olympian, Kevin Seaward’s PB of 2:10:09 in the Seville Marathon in February 2020 was the second fastest marathon by an Irishman at a time when the PBs of Ireland’s Ulster marathon trio were all tumbling. He also ran a sub-63 minute PB for the half marathon in October 2020. He was 64th, [...]

BIOGRAPHY Paul Pollock twice ranks fourth on the Irish all-time list after his Northern Ireland record at the Valencia Marathon in 2019, his last race over the distance. It knocked over five minutes off his PB and also qualified him for Tokyo. He was 32nd in the Rio Olympic marathon. He is a qualified doctor [...]

BIOGRAPHY Repeated stress fractures saw Aoife return home mid-way through a US college scholarship in 2007. She qualified as a PE teacher in UCC and now works as a personal trainer but was out of competitive athletics for six years. Her 2:32 run to win the Irish title in the 2019 Dublin Marathon, which knocked [...]

BIOGRAPHY Fionnuala is a legendary mudlark; European cross country champion twice (2011 and 2012), a double gold medallist (with the team) in 2012, fifth at World XC in 2014, and fourth five times also at European XC. At Paris 2024 she made more history as the first Irish woman to compete at five Olympic Games. [...]

BIOGRAPHY Irish U20 200m champion who also took 400m bronze at this year’s senior Nationals. Robert has continued his rapid rise with a brilliant 400m PB of 46.59 at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on May 29. OTHER ATHLETICS ATHLETES {{ vc_btn: title=SEE+ALL+ATHLETES&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%2300ed00&outline_custom_hover_background=%23ffffff&outline_custom_hover_text=%23001136&shape=square&css=.vc_custom_1720605778641%7Bmargin-top%3A+10px+%21important%3Bmargin-left%3A+0px+%21important%3B%7D&link=url%3A%252Fathletes%252F&el_class=see-all-athletes }} David KennyBrendan BoyceCliodhna ManningChris O’DonnellCillin GreeneLouise ShanahanLeon ReidNadia PowerMarcus LawlerSophie [...]

BIOGRAPHY David Kenny competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where he finished 29th in the men's 20km Race Walk. He is two in-a-row national champion at 20km and won a bronze medal at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Event in Podebrady, Czech Republic, setting a personal best of 1:19:44, the second-fastest time by an [...]

BIOGRAPHY Brendan Boyce has represented Ireland in three Olympic Games, with his debut at London 2012 where he finished 26th in the 50 km walk. At Rio 2016, he improved to 19th, and his best Olympic finish came at Tokyo 2020 with an impressive 10th place. Boyce’s standout achievements include a personal best of 3:48:13 [...]

BIOGRAPHY Cliodhna came agonisingly close to breaking 53 seconds with her new PB at this year’s AAI Games and went on to take silver behind Phil Healy at Nationals. OTHER ATHLETICS ATHLETES {{ vc_btn: title=SEE+ALL+ATHLETES&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%2300ed00&outline_custom_hover_background=%23ffffff&outline_custom_hover_text=%23001136&shape=square&css=.vc_custom_1720605778641%7Bmargin-top%3A+10px+%21important%3Bmargin-left%3A+0px+%21important%3B%7D&link=url%3A%252Fathletes%252F&el_class=see-all-athletes }} Chris O’DonnellCillin GreeneLouise ShanahanNadia PowerMarcus LawlerSophie BeckerLeon ReidSarah LavinCiara MageeanSarah HealyEilish FlanaganMark EnglishSíofra Cléirigh BüttnerThomas BarrPhil HealyMichelle FinnAndrew Coscoran [...]

BIOGRAPHY Chris is a five-time national 400m champion and was one of the Mixed Relay team who caused such a sensation by making the Olympic final in Tokyo. He was also part of the teams who made the finals at the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. The pinnacle of his career to date was [...]

BIOGRAPHY Cillin Greene represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as part of the mixed 4×400 meters relay team. The team set a new national record in the heats, advancing to the final where they finished eighth. In June 2021, Greene clinched his first national 400 meters title at the Irish Senior Championships with a [...]

BIOGRAPHY Louise Shanahan was a European Youth champion at 800m in 2013 and a European Youth Olympic finalist in 2014. Injury then disrupted her career but she bounced back as Irish 1,500m champion in 2020 and her 800m victory at Nationals a year later (2:03.62) critically moved her up three places into the top-48 ranking [...]

BIOGRAPHY Sophie Becker has represented Ireland at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Sophie was integral to the Women's 4x400m Relay team that secured a silver medal, setting a new Irish national record. Individually, she placed 10th in the 400m event. During the Paris [...]

BIOGRAPHY Leon Reid competed in the 200m at the Tokyo 2020 Games, advancing to the semi-finals with a season's best time of 20.53s. He achieved significant success in his career, winning a bronze medal in the 200m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, marking Northern Ireland's first athletics medal in 28 years. He also secured a [...]

BIOGRAPHY Marcus Lawler competed in the 200m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing 29th overall with a time of 20.73 seconds. He secured a bronze medal in the 200 meters at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, with a time of 20.55 seconds. Marcus is the third fastest Irish man in history over [...]

BIOGRAPHY Nadia Power competed in the 800m at Tokyo 2020. She secured a bronze medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships in Sweden and set a personal best 2:00.98 in February 2021, breaking the Irish indoor 800m record. OTHER ATHLETICS ATHLETES {{ vc_btn: title=SEE+ALL+ATHLETES&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%2300ed00&outline_custom_hover_background=%23ffffff&outline_custom_hover_text=%23001136&shape=square&css=.vc_custom_1720605778641%7Bmargin-top%3A+10px+%21important%3Bmargin-left%3A+0px+%21important%3B%7D&link=url%3A%252Fathletes%252F&el_class=see-all-athletes }} Sarah HealySarah LavinCiara MageeanSíofra Cléirigh BüttnerMark EnglishEilish FlanaganThomas BarrAndrew CoscoranMichelle [...]

BIOGRAPHY Ciara Mageean was a semi finalist at the Rio 2016 Games and in total has travelled to three Olympics. Her journey from World and European Junior silver medallist in 2010/2011 to become European senior champion in 2o24 was torturous at times due to injuries, but she won a European bronze medal in 2016, a [...]

BIOGRAPHY A European Youth Olympic bronze medallist in 2011 and a European Junior silver medallist in 2013, Sarah finally won her first senior medal - bronze at the European Games - in 2023. She also broke Derval O’Rourke’s long-standing senior record at World Championships and finished 2023 by breaking the Irish 100m flat record (11:27). [...]

BIOGRAPHY Two time Olympian, Sarah Healy established herself as a standout talent early in her career, breaking numerous Irish underage records and winning European medals at U18, U20, and U23 levels. At just 20 years old, she made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Sarah broke the Irish senior indoor records for both the 1500m [...]

BIOGRAPHY Eilish Flanagan made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, delivering a personal best of 9:34.86 in the heats. Flanagan's athletic journey includes a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships and setting a Northern Ireland record of 9:40.68 in May 2021. She also secured a USA Division II collegiate title while [...]

BIOGRAPHY Three time Olympian, Mark English's class as an 800m runner was franked early when he finished 5th at the World Junior Championships in 2012. Since then, he has earned five European medals: outdoor bronze in 2014 and 2022, indoor silver in 2015, and indoor bronze in 2019 and 2025. Balancing athletics with academics, English [...]

BIOGRAPHY Siofra Cléirigh Büttner competed in the 800m at the Tokyo 2020 Games where she finished 7th in her heat. From 2014 to 2018, Cléirigh Büttner competed for Villanova University in Pennsylvania, earning seven All-American honors, ten BIG EAST titles, and eight Penn Relays victories. OTHER ATHLETICS ATHLETES {{ vc_btn: title=SEE+ALL+ATHLETES&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%2300ed00&outline_custom_hover_background=%23ffffff&outline_custom_hover_text=%23001136&shape=square&css=.vc_custom_1720605778641%7Bmargin-top%3A+10px+%21important%3Bmargin-left%3A+0px+%21important%3B%7D&link=url%3A%252Fathletes%252F&el_class=see-all-athletes }} Thomas BarrAndrew CoscoranMichelle [...]

BIOGRAPHY Thomas produced one of Ireland’s greatest Olympic moments on the track when he was fourth, by a mere fraction, in Rio 2016, just 0.05 seconds off bronze in a sensational sub-48 time that still stands as the national record. A finalist at European Junior and U23 level who was a World Student Games champion [...]

BIOGRAPHY 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 [...]

BIOGRAPHY Michelle Finn made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, finishing 11th in her heat. In June 2021, Finn achieved a personal best of 9:29.25 at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland, narrowly missing the Irish record of 9:28.29 set by Roisin McGettigan in 2007. This performance secured her qualification for [...]

BIOGRAPHY Andrew was a European junior finalist but took a circuitous route to becoming an Olympian; walking away from a US college scholarship and then struggling with injuries until he blossomed again under coach Feidhlim Kelly. On his Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020 he outdid his ranking by making the semi-finals of the ultra-competitive 1,500m. [...]