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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 53.38 (Belfast, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Lauren Cadden (born 7 June 2000) is an Irish sprinter. [1]
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| Born | 7 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 53.38 (Belfast, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Lauren Cadden (born 7 June 2000) is an Irish sprinter. [1]
From Skreen in County Sligo, [2] she has four brothers and played Gaelic Football before concentrating on athletics. She attended Ursuline College Sligo and studied Health Science and Physical Activity at ATU Sligo. [3]
A member of Sligo Athletics Club, [4] in February 2024, she was selected to run for Ireland at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. [5] [6]
In April 2024, she lowered her personal best over 400 metres to 54.22 in Belfast. [7] She later lowered it again to 53.38 to win the Irish Universities Championships hosted by Queen’s University at the Mary Peters track in Belfast. [8] [9]
She ran as part of the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. [10] [11]
She was selected for the Irish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [12] She ran as part of the women's 4x400m relay team that qualified fastest for the final, with the team ultimately going on to win silver. [13] [14]
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