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Nationality | Irish / Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newry, Northern Ireland [1] | 12 December 2000|||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Dundalk | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | heptathlon, indoor pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dundalk St Gerard’s | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Michael O’Connor | |||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commonwealth finals | 2018 heptathlon, 8th place | |||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Heptathlon: 6297 pts Pentathlon: 4214 pts [2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katherine O'Connor (born 12 December 2000) [2] is an Irish track and field athlete, who competes in the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon. [3] [4] [5] [6]
O'Connor competed for Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing eighth in the heptathlon. [7]
She won a silver in the heptathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden. [8] [9]
O’Connor won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on August 3 competing in the heptathlon.
O'Connor will begin a course of study at the University of Texas in 2019. [10]
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