Brendan Boyce

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Brendan Boyce
2013 IAAF World Championship in Moscow 50 km Men Walk Brendan BOYCE and Jean-Jacques NKOULOUKIDI 01.JPG
Boyce (left) in Moscow (2013)
Personal information
Born (1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 (age 38)
Milford, County Donegal, Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Sport racewalking
Event(s) 20 km walk
50 km walk
ClubLetterkenny Athletics Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)20km: 1:24:38
50km: 3:48:55 [1]

Brendan Boyce (born 15 October 1986) is an Irish race walker. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk, coming 29th, and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he came 25th. [2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk where he finished in the top twenty, bettering his performance of the previous Olympiad. [3] In 2021, he represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 10th in the men's 50 kilometres walk. [4]

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Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal27th20 km walk 1:32:17
Universiade London, United Kingdom15th20 km walk 1:29:48
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia63rd20 km walk 1:27:46
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom29th50 km walk 3:55:01
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia35th20 km walk 1:28:56
World Championships Moscow, Russia25th50 km walk 3:54:24
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China77th20 km walk 1:26:55
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland16th50 km walk 3:51:34
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain27th20 km walk 1:26:47
World Championships Beijing, China—50 km walk DQ
2016 World Race Walking team championships Rome, Italy63rd20 km walk 1:25:38
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil19th50 km walk 3:53:59
2017 European Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic4th50 km walk 3:49:49
2019 World Athletics Championships Doha, Qatar6th50 km walk 4:07:46
2021 2020 Summer Olympics Sapporo, Japan10th50 km walk 3:53:40
Boyce (left, in green) at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow 2013 IAAF World Championship in Moscow 50 km Men Walk Brendan BOYCE and Jean-Jacques NKOULOUKIDI 02.JPG
Boyce (left, in green) at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow

References

  1. ↑ "Brendan Boyce". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Honours". IAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Brilliant Boyce delivers super performance to finish in World's Top 20". Donegal Daily. 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Athletics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.


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