Roisin Flanagan
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| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Adams State Grizzlies | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:15.50 (Dublin, 2021) Mile: 4:40.12 (Albuquerque, 2024) 3000m: 8:53.02 (Glasgow, 2024) 2 Miles: 9:36.70 (New York, 2024) 5000m: 15:26.32 (Walnut, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
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Roisin Flanagan (born 2 May 1997) is an Irish long distance runner.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]From Gortin in County Tyrone, Flanagan attended Sacred Heart College, Omagh before she and her twin sister, Eilish Flanagan, also a distance runner, earned scholarships at Adams State University in Colorado.[2] They were named Sportswomen of the Month in December 2022 by the Irish Times.[3]
Career
[edit]Flanagan competes for Finn Valley Athletic Club.[4] She ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she finished 14th in the 5000m race.[5] Flanagan broke her own Northern Ireland record by over a second when she finished 11th in 15:26.76 in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. It was the fourth time in a year she had broken the record.[6]
In December 2022, Flanagan participated in the European Cross County Championships in Turin in a team alongside her twin sister, where they helped secure a bronze team medal for Ireland.[7]
In May 2023, Flanagan took half a second off her own Northern Ireland 5000m record, competing in California.[8]
Flanagan set an Irish record over 2 Miles (9:36.70) when competing at the Millrose Games in February 2024 in New York.[9] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres race and ran a personal best time of 8:53.02.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete profile - Roisin FLANAGAN". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Women's Cross Country Roster - Eilish Flanagan". Adams State Grizzlies. Adams State University. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (12 January 2023). "Eilish and Roisin Flanagan named as Irish Times Sportswomen of the Month". Donegal Live. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Roisin Flanagan sets new Irish 2 mile record". Highland Radio. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Roisin Flanagan will run at World Indoors in Glasgow". Highland Radio. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Hill, Brian (8 August 2022). "Roisin Flanagan sets another NI record as Eilish McColgan claims 5,000m silver". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Sportswomen of the Month: Eilish and Roisin Flanagan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "2023 Review of the Year: A record-breaking year for Irish athletes". Irish News. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (11 February 2024). "Third for Mark English, new Irish record for Roisin Flanagan at Millrose Games". Donegal Live. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 3000m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Tyrone's Róisín Flanagan added to Ireland's indoors Worlds team". Irish News. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Adams State Grizzlies women's cross country runners
- Adams State Grizzlies women's track and field athletes
- Female middle-distance runners from Northern Ireland
- British female middle-distance runners
- Irish female middle-distance runners
- Irish female long-distance runners
- Athletes from County Tyrone