Athletics

BIOGRAPHY Louise Shanahan  represented Ireland in the 800 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing 7th in her heat with a time of 2:03.57. Shanahan grew up in Cork and joined Leevale AC at nine years old after her father Ray - himself an Irish national 1,500m champion - suggested she try athletics when [...]

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 Chris O'Donnell represented Ireland in the mixed 4x400 metres relay at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At Tokyo 2020, as anchor leg runner, he was part of the first ever Irish team to compete in an Olympic relay final, finishing 8th in a time of 3:15.04 - the mixed 4x400 metres

BIOGRAPHY Leon Reid represented Ireland in the men's 200 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals where he finished 7th. He was born in Bath, England, to a mother from Belfast and an English-Jamaican father, and spent much of his childhood in and out of foster care before being adopted by a

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 Marcus Lawler represented Ireland in the men's 200 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing 6th in his heat and 29th overall in a time of 20.73 seconds - a season's best, though short of the semi-final standard. Lawler is from Carlow and comes from a sprinting family: his mother Patricia is a

BIOGRAPHY Nadia Power represented Ireland in the 800 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing 7th in her heat. Power grew up in Templeogue and took up athletics at eight years old, having won a race at her primary school sports day. She attended St Mac Dara's Community College and trained with Templeogue AC

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 Sarah Lavin represented Ireland in the women's 100 metres hurdles at two Olympic Games, finishing 32nd at Tokyo 2020 and reaching the semi-finals at Paris 2024, where she recorded a time of 12.69 seconds. At the Paris Games she also had the honour of carrying the Irish flag at the Opening Ceremony along the

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 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner represented Ireland in the women's 800 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing 7th in her heat and narrowly missing the semi-finals. From Booterstown, Dublin, she attended Coláiste Íosagáin where she set a piece of Irish schools history by winning six consecutive All-Ireland cross country titles - the first athlete

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