Olive Loughnane
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| Born | 14 January 1976 | ||||||||
| Education | University College Galway | ||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||
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| Country |  Ireland | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event | 20km Race Walk | ||||||||
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Olive Loughnane (born 14 January 1976) is an Irish retired racewalker. A four-times Olympian, she is the 2009 world gold medalist in the 20 km walk.
Early life
Loughane was born in 1976 in
Sporting career
Loughnane competed at four
World Championships in Athletics. She won a gold medal at the 2009 World Championships after the disqualification of the original gold medallist for a drug offence.[2] As of December 2016, Loughnane had not received the prize money.[3]
Loughnane failed to finish the walk at the
Dudinska Patdesiatka in March 2011.[4]
Loughnane announced her retirement in February 2013.[5]
Achievements
Sports administration
Loughnane became a member of the Sport Ireland High Performance Committee after retiring from competitive sport in 2013, and subsequently became of a member of the board of Sport Ireland.
Personal life
Loughnane currently lives in Coachford, Cork with her husband, Martin Corkery, and their three children. She currently works as a Statistician in the Central Statistics Office (CSO).[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Sporting success". Cois Coiribe. Autumn 2016. p. 20.
- ^ "Golden girl Olive Loughnane must wait for medal". RTÉ. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Ellingworth, James (1 December 2016). "Clean athletes still waiting for prize money from dopers". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
- ^ The Score (2013-02-12). ‘One of Ireland’s best’: Olive Loughnane retires from athletics Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today. The Score. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
External links
| 1987–1997 10 kilometres |
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| 1999–present 20 kilometres |
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| 2017–2019 50 kilometres |
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| 2022-present 35 kilometres |
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