Olive Loughnane
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Born | January 14, 1976 |
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Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
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Country | Ireland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 20km Race Walk |
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Olive Loughnane (born 14 January 1976) is a retired Irish race walker. She has competed in four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012). Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships.[1] Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the IAAF for her silver medal. She failed to finish the walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
Loughane was born in 1976 in County Cork, the eldest of seven children. She moved to Carrabane, County Galway with her family when she was a child. She currently lives in Coachford, Cork with her family. She is a graduate of NUI Galway.[2]
She took a win on the 2011 World Race Walking circuit at the Dudinska Patdesiatka in March 2011.[3]
She announced her retirement in February 2013.[4]
Achievements
References
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- ↑ Juck, Alfons (2011-03-27). Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
- ↑ The Score (2013-02-12). ‘One of Ireland’s best’: Olive Loughnane retires from athletics. The Score. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
- Olive Loughnane profile at IAAF
- Profile
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Alumni of NUI Galway
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Irish racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of Ireland
- Sportspeople from County Cork
- Sportspeople from County Galway
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Irish athletics biography stubs