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 [...]

BIOGRAPHY Lauren Cadden represented Ireland in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, running in the heats as Ireland qualified for the final. The team went on to finish fourth in the final, missing bronze by 0.18 seconds in a national record of 3:19.90, though Cadden did not run that leg.

BIOGRAPHY Alexander Wright has 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 Paul Pollock represented Ireland in the men's marathon at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At Rio 2016 he finished 32nd in a time of 2:16:24, the first Irishman home ahead of teammates Kevin Seaward and Mick Clohisey, and the third-fastest finishing position ever recorded by an Irish runner at an Olympic

BIOGRAPHY Kevin Seaward represented Ireland in the marathon at two Olympic Games, finishing 64th in 2:20:06 at Rio 2016 and competing again at Tokyo 2020. His path to the Olympics is among the more unlikely in Irish athletics: a talented underage middle-distance runner at St Malachy's College in Belfast, he stepped away from the sport

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 Robert McDonnell was a travelling reserve for Ireland's mixed 4x400 metres relay squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where the team reached the final and finished 6th. He was named in the relay pool of six athletes alongside Cillin Greene, Chris O'Donnell, Phil Healy, Sophie Becker and Cliodhna Manning, but did not run

BIOGRAPHY Aoife Cooke represented Ireland in the women's marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Her route to the Olympics was one of the most remarkable in the Irish team. She took up athletics at 11, joining Ballincollig AC, and received a scholarship to Arkansas Tech University in the United States. Recurrent stress fractures forced

BIOGRAPHY Fionnuala McCormack is the first Irish woman to compete at five Olympic Games. She has competed across multiple disciplines at the Olympic Games, including the steeplechase, 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon, with top finishes including 15th in London 2012 and top-25 marathon finishes at subsequent Games. McCormack made her Olympic debut at Beijing 2008 and

BIOGRAPHY Cliodhna Manning was a travelling reserve for Ireland's mixed 4x400 metres relay team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She was named in the six-person panel for the event but did not compete in either the heats or the final. Manning is a former Irish national 400m champion, having won the title in 2017

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 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