| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 3, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
Event | 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Providence College | ||||||||||||||
| Club | West Waterford AC | ||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ray Treacy | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 12 Jan 2010 | |||||||||||||||
David McCarthy (born 3 August 1988 in Waterford, Ireland) is a middle-distance athlete who has won international medals.
After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009, [1] McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish medal of the Championships. [2]
McCarthy's third-place finish saw him beaten by gold-medallist Mohamed Elbendir of Spain and French athlete Noureddine Smaïl - both of whom were African-born. [3]
Coached by Ray Treacy, brother of 1984 Olympic marathon silver-medallist John Treacy, McCarthy as of the 2009-10 semester attends Providence College. [4]
