Name: Fionnuala McCormack
Club: Kilcoole AC
Event: Marathon
Personal Best: 2:23.46
Tokyo Schedule: Sat 14 September morning (0:00am)
Background
Fionnuala McCormack defies all concepts and myths about age and sport. At 41 she is the oldest member on the Irish team and the most prolific major championship competitor. McCormack has competed in an astonishing number of European Cross-Country Championships – 18 in total, making her debut in 2001. Her golden moments came in 2011 and 2012 when she took gold. She has finished 4th on five occasions. Coached by her husband Alan McCormack, she schedules training around her family - she is the mother to three children. McCormack is quoted as saying she runs to be competitive not just for the sake of running.
The five-time Olympian has won a number of medals at majors during her 25 year international career: individual gold at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships, and a team gold in 2012; a steeplechase silver at the 2006 European Cup; an under-23s silver medal at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships; bronze at the European Indoor 3000m in 2013. She has competed at Steeplechase, 10,000m, 5000m, Cross-Country and Marathon in global majors. Tokyo will be her third World Championships appearance.
International Majors
2001: European Cross Country u20 Belgium 74th
2001: World Cross Country u20 Switzerland 98th
2002: European Cross Country u20 Croatia 49th
2002: World Cross Country u20 Dublin 72th
2003: European Cross Country u20 England 21st
2003: World Cross Country u20 Switzerland 33rd
2004: World Cross Country Belgium 75th
2005: European Cross Country Denmark 39th
2005: European Championships u23 Germany 3000m SC 9th Final
2005: World Cross Country France 75th
2006: European Cross Country u23 Italy 2nd
