Fionnuala McCormack

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Fionnuala McCormack
Velenje, Slovenia
Personal information
Born (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 39)
Wicklow, Ireland
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ireland
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Gothenburg 3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Velenje Individual
Gold medal – first place 2012 Budapest Individual
Gold medal – first place 2012 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Samokov Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hyères Team

Fionnuala McCormack (née Britton; born 24 September 1984 in

2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and twice at the European Athletics Championships
.

Career

She began her international junior career in

Jessica Augusto (12th).[2] She made her global track debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and was twelfth in the steeplechase final.[1] She ended the year with a seventh-place finish at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships
.

She made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, but did not make the women's steeplechase final. She came eleventh at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships which was held in her home city of Dublin. Britton was also eleventh in the steeplechase final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.[1] She just missed out on a medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, finishing with the same time as bronze medallist Ana Dulce Félix. She took second place at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels a week later.[3]

In preparation for the world competition, she ran at the

Adidas Grand Prix in New York. Britton represented Ireland on the track at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, narrowly being eliminated in the first stage of the steeplechase.[5] In November she came third at the high-level Cross de l'Acier cross country race.[6]
In December 2011, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships.[7][8]

She began 2012 with wins at the

Antrim Cross Country.[9] She expressed her disappointment that the World Cross Country would not be held that year, and stated that she would focus on track running that year instead.[10] In December of that year she became the first woman to defend the continental cross title[11] claiming victory at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships
.

In January 2013, Britton retained her Great Edinburgh Cross Country[12] and Antrim Cross Country titles.[13]

On 3 March 2013, she won a bronze medal in the

Neely Spence).[16] She competed mainly in European competitions in the following two seasons, coming fourth at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, ranking eighth in the 10,000 m at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, then ending in sixth at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships
(and taking a team bronze).

She married in 2015 and began competing as Fionnuala McCormack.[17] Her first success under her married name was a team bronze at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, where she narrowly missed an individual medal in fourth place behind Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal.[18] She finished 5th in the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[19] She finished in 18th place.[19]

In December 2022, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, making her the first Irish woman to participate at five Olympic Games.[20]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ireland
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 9th 3000 m st. 10:17.58
Universiade İzmir, Turkey 11th 3000 m st. 10:28.37
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 17th (h) 3000 m st. 9:49.20
European Cross Country Championships San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy 2nd Under-23 race (5.975 km) 18:56
2007 World Cross Country Championships Mombasa, Kenya 13th Senior race (8 km) 28:45
World Championships Osaka, Japan 12th 3000 m st.
9:48.09
2008 World University Cross Country Championships
Haute Normandie – Rouen
, France 		2nd Under-23 22:39
Olympic Games Beijing, China 10th 3000 m st. 9:43.57
2009 Universiade
Belgrade, Serbia
 6th 3000 m st. 9:54.10
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 11th 3000 m st. 9:45.25
2011 World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
 9th 3000 m st.
9:41.17
European Cross Country Championships Velenje, Slovenia 1st Senior race (8.170 km) 25:55
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 10000 m 32:05.54
Olympic Games
London
, England 		12th 10,000 m 31:14.75
Olympic Games
London
, England 		8th 5000 m 15:08.57
European Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Senior race (8.050 km) 27:45
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 3000m 9:00.54
World Cross Country Championships
 Bydgoszcz, Poland 14th Senior Race (8 km) 25:08
European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 5th Senior race (8.050 km) 26:45
2014 European Championships
Zurich
, Switzerland 		10th Marathon 2:31:46
2015 European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 4th Senior race 26:00
3rd Team race 83 pts
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 10,000 m 31:30.74
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20th Marathon 2:29.58
2021 Olympic Games
Sapporo, Japan
 25th Marathon 2:34:09

Personal bests

References

  1. ^
    IAAF
    . Retrieved on 19 December 2010.
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 19 December 2010.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 8 February 2010.
  4. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 6 March 2011.
  5. ^ Britton Fionnuala. IAAF. Retrieved on 1 December 2011.
  6. ^ Delporte, David (28 November 2011). Joseph Ebuya n'a jamais laissé planer le doute (in French). La Voix de Sports. Retrieved on 1 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Britton breezes to gold in Slovenia". RTÉ Sport. 11 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Gold puts the great in Britton". Irish Examiner. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  9. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 22 January 2012.
  10. ^ Wenig, Jorg (7 January 2012). Kiprop triumphs in race of champions, Bekele a distant 11th – Edinburgh XC report. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 January 2012.
  11. ^ Turnbull, Simon (6 January 2013). [1]. Retrieved on 22 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Fionnuala Britton takes victory in Edinburgh cross-country". RTÉ News. 5 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Fionnula Britton eases to comfortable success in the Antrim Cross Country". RTÉ News. 12 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Fionnuala Britton adds to medal haul with European bronze". Irish Independent. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  15. ^ "Fionnuala Britton takes superb bronze in Sweden". RTÉ Sport. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  16. IAAF
    , 24 March 2013, retrieved 6 November 2013
  17. ^ O'Riordan, Ian (2015-11-22). Different name, same result as Fionnuala McCormack takes seventh title. Irish Times. Retrieved on 2015-12-14.
  18. ^ SPAR European Cross Country Championships - Hyères 2015 Senior Women Final[permanent dead link]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-14.
  19. ^ a b "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  20. ^ McGoldrick, Seán (7 January 2024). "Paris calling for historic Irish team". Sunday Independent.

External links

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