Louise Shanahan

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Louise Shanahan
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2022 European Championships by Sandro Halank
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27)
Cork, Ireland [1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres

Louise Shanahan (born 26 January 1997) is an Irish athlete. [2] [3] She competed in the women's 800 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

Contents

Early life and education

Shanahan was born in Cork, Ireland, a child of Liz and Ray Shanahan. [5] When she was growing up, Shanahan's father was her coach, until she moved to England. [6] Her father was also an Irish national champion in the 1500 meters, [7] making them the first father and daughter to become national champions in Ireland in that event. [8]

Shanahan obtained a BSc degree in physics from the University College Cork (Cork, Ireland) in 2019. [9] At the moment, she is completing a PhD in physics at Trinity College, Cambridge. [10]

Career

In 2013, Shanahan became the European Youth Champion in the 800 metres. [11] However, after breaking a bone in her foot in 2015, she struggled to maintain her form. [11] Despite this, she was the Irish 1500m champion in 2021. [6]

From February 2021, she began to improve her performances in an attempt to take part in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, after the World Student Games were cancelled. [11] She made the qualification for the Ireland Olympic team following results in Europe ahead of the Games. [11] At the beginning of 2021, she had targeted a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [12] [6]

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