Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 26 April 2001
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Ireland |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 400 m, 300 m, 4 × 400 metres relay |
Club | Donore Harriers |
Coached by | Brian Coombes, John & Emily Geoghehan, Paul Clarkin [1] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 400 m: 44.98 s 800 m: 1:55.68 300 m (indoor): 33.27 s NR [2] |
Jack Raftery (born 26 April 2001) is an Irish track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. [3] He holds an Irish record for the indoor 300 metres. [4]
He attended Castleknock College. [1] He currently attends Dublin City University. [5] He is a member of the Donore Harriers club. [6]
Raftery ran in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division (part of the 2023 European Games). [7] He also ran in the mixed 4×400 relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, [8] where the Irish team finished sixth. [9]
In 2024, he went to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as a non-running member of the 4 x 400m mixed relay team.
In June 2025, at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Raftery moved to second in the Irish all-time list clocking a time of 44.98. [10]