Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | Sheffield, England | 3 April 1998
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Long distance running, Cross country running |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:48.10 (Watford, 2024) 1500m: 3:36.25 (Bury, 2024) Mile: 3:53.69 (Stirling, 2024) 3000m: 7:40.72 (Boston, 2025) 5000m: 13:39.42 (Brussels, 2024) |
James Gormley (born 3 April 1998) is an Irish middle distance- and long-distance runner. In 2025, he became Northern Irish indoor record holder over the mile and 3000 metres. [1]
Born in Sheffield, England, he is a member of the Carmen Runners club in County Tyrone. He became eligible to run for Ireland and Northern Ireland in November 2024. [2]
As a 17-year-old, he competed in the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships where he finished fifth in the 1500m.
In 2023, he ran a 3:37.20 personal best over 1500 metres in Belgium in August 2023, and won in a 13:49 personal best in the Lancaster 5km race. He also won over 3000 metres in the BMC Nike Grand Prix final in 7:49.61. [3]
He ran a 3000m indoor personal best of 7:53.71 in Sheffield in January 2024. [4] He finished fourth in the 5000 metres race at the Irish National Track and Field Championships in Dublin in July 2024. [5]
He improved his 3000m indoor best to 7:40.72 in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2025, to beat Nick Griggs' previous Northern Ireland indoor record. He ran 3:55.66 also in the United States in 2025, to set a new Northern Ireland record in the indoor mile. [2] [6] He finished second in the 3000 metres at the All Ireland Indoor Championships behind Seán Tobin at Abbotstown, Dublin, in February 2025. [7] [8] He was selected to run for Ireland at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, where he finished in eighth place in his 3000 metres qualifying heat. [9] [10] Later that month, he was selected for the 3000 metres race at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing. [11]