Eilish Flanagan
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 26)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event3000m steeplechase
College teamAdams State Grizzlies
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ireland
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Turin Team

Eilish Flanagan (born 2 May 1997) is an Irish long distance runner.[1] She competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2020 Olympics.[2]

Early life and education

From Gortin in County Tyrone, Flanagan attended Sacred Heart College, Omagh before she and her twin sister, Roisin Flanagan, also a distance runner, earned scholarships at Adams State University in Colorado.[3]

Athletic career

Whilst at Adams State she set a new NCAA Division II record in the 1500 metres, and won the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the 3000 metres steeplechase, as well as finishing runner up in the 5,000 metres in 2021 and the 6,000 metres cross country race in 2019. She has run for the Omagh Harriers, and the Carmern Runners Athletics Club.[4] She and her sister ran on the Irish team, which won a women's under-23 team silver medal at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[5]

In May 2021, Flanagan beat her personal best by 12 seconds to set a new Northern Ireland 3000 metres steeplechase record of 9 mins 40.68 secs at a meeting in Eugene, Oregon.[6]

In July 2021, she was confirmed as selected on the Ireland team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo to compete in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[2] She ran a personal best time at the Olympics.[7]

In August 2022 she finished sixth in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Commonwealth Games.[8] Later that month Flanagan competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships in Munich.[9] In December 2022 Flanagan and her sister participated in the European Cross County Championships in Turin, where they helped secure a bronze team medal for Ireland.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete profile - Eilish FLANAGAN". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Caldwell, Chris (7 July 2021). "Tokyo twinkles for Gortin's Olympian Eilish Flanagan". Ulster Herald. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Women's Cross Country Roster - Eilish Flanagan". Adams State Grizzlies. Adams State University. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Athlete Profile: Eilish Flanagan". power of 10. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Flanagan moves into Tokyo contention". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ Hill, Brian (10 May 2021). "Eilish Flanagan on course for Tokyo Olympics after setting new Northern Ireland record". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ McNulty, Chris. "Sixth-place finish for Eilish Flanagan at Commonwealth Games". www.donegallive.ie. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. ^ "9 NI & Ulster Athletes Selected for European Championships". Athletics Northern Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Sportswomen of the Month: Eilish and Roisin Flanagan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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