Cathal Doyle

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Cathal Doyle
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-11-12) 12 November 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
Club Clonliffe Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:48.51 (Belfast, 2023)
1500m: 3:32.15 (Rome, 2025)
Mile: 3:52.06 (Dublin, 2024)
3000m: 8:02.28 (Sheffield, 2024)

Cathal Doyle OLY (born 12 November 1997) is an Irish middle-distance runner. He is a multiple-time Irish champion over 1500 metres. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]

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Career

From Swords in County Dublin, he runs for Clonliffe Harriers Athletic Club. [2] [3] He attended the University of Portland in the United States. He ran a sub-four-minute mile at the Morton Mile in 2022, despite competing with a fractured elbow and broken wrist. [4]

Doyle won back-to-back outdoor titles in 2022 and 2023 at the Irish Athletics Championships over 1500 metres, [5] winning his first national senior title in a time of 3:59.36, [6] and his second in 3:40.11. [7] He competed for the Irish team at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023, finishing second in his 1500 metres in 3.43.36. [8]

In February 2024, he edged out Nick Griggs with a dive on the line to win the 1500m final at the Irish Indoor Athletics Championships at Abbotstown. [9] [10] In June 2024, he won the Irish Athletics Championships 1500 metres title in Dublin. [11] He set a new personal best of 3:52.06 for the mile run in Dublin, in July 2024. [12] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres, reaching the semi-final with a win in the repechage round. In his semi-final he placed tenth and did not proceed to the final. [13] [14]

He won the metric mile at the Irish Indoor Athletics Championship at Abbotstown on 23 February 2025. [15] He was named as part of the Irish team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. [16] He tripped in the heats of the 1500 metres and despite finishing the race in a solo time trial, he was unsuccessful in his appeal to be reinstated. [17]

He ran a new personal best of 3:32.15 in the 1500 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025. [18] He won the 1500m at the 2025 Irish Athletics Championships. [19] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals. [20] [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Cathal Doyle". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Kissane, Sinead (28 September 2024). "'I'm sick of moaning and crying that I don't get anything' – The Irish athlete who made Olympic 1,500m semi on €5,500 a year". Independent.ie. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ↑ McElearney, James (18 February 2024). "Local Athletes Successful at National Senior Indoor Championships". lmfm.ie. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Milne, Keeley (6 July 2022). "Wednesday motivation: watch this runner win with a huge finishing kick (and a broken wrist)". Running Magazine. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Griggs edged out in dramatic 1500m at Irish Indoors". BBC Sport. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Naughton, Lindie (29 June 2022). "Doyle Wins Santry Thriller – Irish round-up". Fast Running. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Naughton, Lindie (31 July 2023). "1500m racing sets the meet alight – Irish round-up". Fast Running. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. ↑ McLausland, Malcolm (22 June 2023). "Irish athletes hit the front at European Games in Poland". Irish News. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. ↑ McLausland, Malcolm (18 February 2024). "Cathal Doyle edges out battling Nick Griggs in thrilling 1500m finale". Irish News. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (18 February 2024). "Cathal Doyle goes through pain barrier to beat Nick Griggs to gold in national indoor championships". Independent.ie. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (30 June 2024). "Rhasidat Adeleke smashes Irish 100m record while taking National Championships title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Griggs produces big 5,000m breakthrough in Dublin". BBC Sport. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (6 March 2025). "Cathal Doyle 'not just making up the numbers' as he takes lessons from Paris to European indoors". Independent.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Kelly and Akinola among winners at Irish Indoors". BBC Sport. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
  16. ↑ "Akinola, Doyle and McCann added to Irish team for European Indoor Athletics Championships". Irish Examiner. 25 Feb 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
  17. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (6 March 2025). "'I'm proud of the performance' – Sharlene Mawdsley focuses on positives after mixed relay team miss out on medal". Independent.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "Results - Rome Diamond League Golden Gala 2025". Watch Athletics. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Griggs third as Doyle wins Irish National title". BBC Sport. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Ireland name squad for World Championships in Tokyo". BBC Sport. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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