Laura Nicholson

Laura Nicholson

Personal information
Born	(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 2:04.80 (2025) 1500m: 4:07.17 (2025) Mile 4:30.85 (2025) 3000m: 9:13.54 (2024) 5000m: 15:33.04 (2025)

Laura Nicholson (born 29 March 2000) is an Irish middle-distance runner. She won the Irish Athletics Championships in 2025 over 1500 metres. ^[1]

Career

She is from Ballinascarty in County Cork and is a member of Bandon Athletics Club. She was educated in the a United States at the University of Toledo in Ohio. ^[2] In May 2025, she set a Toledo program record for the 800 metres, running 2:04.80. That year, she was named the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Track Athlete of the Week on several occasions, and was crowned the MAC Most Valuable Performer after winning three titles over the mile run, 800m, and 3000 metres at the MAC indoor Championships. ^[3]

She competed for Ireland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in June 2025, in Maribor, Slovenia, and finished fourth on her Irish senior international debut with a time of 4:20.48 foe the 1500 metres, as the Irish team finished fifth overall. ^{[4] [5]} She was selected for the Irish team for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, where she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres and placed eighth overall. ^{[6] [7]}

She won the 1500 metres at the Irish Athletics Championships in August 2025 in Dublin, running 4:13.32. ^{[8] [9]} She was selected for the Irish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Laura Nicholson". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
2. McCarthy, Kieran (27 June 2025). "Laura Nicholson plans busy summer on the track as her future takes shape". Southern Star. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
3. "In-form Laura Nicholson races to another Toledo record". Southern Star. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 1 Sep 2025.
4. "Cork athletes set for big Euro Champs". Cork Independent. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
5. "IRELAND FINISH FIFTH AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Ireland. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
6. "IRISH ATHLETICS STARS SET TO SHINE AT 2025 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". athleticsireland. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
7. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
8. "Irish Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
9. McCarthy, Kieran (August 10, 2025). "Laura Nicholson strikes gold with flawless 1500m run". Southern Star. Retrieved 1 Sep 2025.
10. "ATHLETICS IRELAND ANNOUNCE FINAL SELECTIONS FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Ireland. 1 Sep 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
11. Dennehy, Cathal (1 Sep 2025). "Irish athletes Efrem Gidey, Darragh McElhinney, Laura Nicholson and Sophie Becker get invites for World Championships". Imdependent.ie. Retrieved 3 September 2025.