Athletics

BIOGRAPHY Caitríona Jennings represented Ireland in the women's marathon at the 2012 London Olympic Games, competing despite carrying a stress fracture sustained in the build-up to the event that severely hampered her performance. From Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, she attended Loreto Convent Secondary School before studying Law and Accountancy at the University of Limerick and working [...]

BIOGRAPHY Ava Hutchinson represented Ireland in the women's marathon at the 2012 London Olympic Games. A member of Dundrum South Dublin AC, Hutchinson qualified for the Games by running 2:35:33 at the Houston Marathon in January 2012 - only her second career marathon - comfortably inside the A-standard and enough for fourth place in a

BIOGRAPHY Alistair Cragg represented Ireland at three Olympic Games, with his best result coming at Athens 2004 where he finished 12th in the final of the 5,000m. Cragg was born in South Africa but declared for Ireland ahead of the Athens Games, where he was the top European finisher in the 5,000m final. One year

BIOGRAPHY Sara Treacy represented Ireland in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, reaching the final where she finished 17th in a time of 9:52.70. Her route to the final was one of the most dramatic of the Games: during her qualifying heat she was caught up in a pile-up caused by

BIOGRAPHY Michael "Mick" Clohisey represented Ireland in the men's marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, finishing 103rd with a time of 2:26:34. His performance on the day was hampered by a foot infection stemming from a blister sustained during training in the build-up to the Games. Clohisey grew up in Clontarf in Dublin and

BIOGRAPHY Kerry O'Flaherty represented Ireland in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, finishing 14th in her heat with a time of 9:45.35. She was 35 years old at the time of her Olympic debut, having taken one of the most unconventional routes to the Games of any Irish athlete. O'Flaherty was

BIOGRAPHY Tom Comyns represented Ireland in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games alongside John McAdorey, Gary Ryan and Paul Brizzel. The Irish team ran 39.26 seconds in their heat and did not advance to the semi-finals. That time stood as the Irish national 4x100 metres relay record for 25 years

BIOGRAPHY Eddie Leddy represented Ireland in distance running at two Olympic Games. At Munich 1972 he competed in the 3,000 metres steeplechase, recording 8:47.4 in his heat. At Montreal 1976 he competed in both the 5,000 metres, recording 13:40.54 in his heat, and the 10,000 metres, recording 28:55.49. Leddy grew up in Drumreilly and was

BIOGRAPHY Neil Ryan competed for Ireland in the men's 100 metres at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, where he ran 10.78 seconds in his heat. Ryan ran for Nenagh Olympic Athletic Club and was one of the first Irish sprinters to compete at the Olympic Games since Fanahan McSweeney at the Munich 1972 Games. He

BIOGRAPHY Paul Quirke competed in the Shot Put at the Barcelona 1992 Games. Quirke won 13 Irish senior national titles across shot put, discus and the 56lb weight for height and held the Irish national shot put record for 30 years. He also represented Ireland at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, won silver in

BIOGRAPHY James Nolan competed in the 1,500m at both the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Earlier in his career, he earned a medal over 800m at the 1993 Youth Olympics. Nolan went on to achieve significant success on the European stage, claiming a silver medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. Following his

BIOGRAPHY Lizzie Lee competed in the marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Lee is from Cork and trained with Leevale AC under coach Donie Walsh, a 1972 Olympian. She has also competed at World and European Championships. OTHER ATHLETICS OLYMPIANSSEE ALL ATHLETES Adrian O’DwyerAilish SmythAlex WrightAlister ClarkAndrew CoscoranAndy RonanAnn Keenan-BuckleyAoife CookeBarbara JohnsonBasil CliffordBertie MessittBob