![]() Curley in the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Killeigh, County Offaly, Ireland | 10 March 1969
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Club | Tullamore Harriers (IRL) |
Pauline Curley (born 10 March 1969 in Birr) is an Irish marathon runner. [1] At age thirty-nine, she represented Ireland for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's marathon. She ran and finished the race in sixty-third place, with a time of 2:47:16. [2] [3] She also achieved her personal best, when she placed ninth at the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon, with a time of 2:39:05. On 25 August 2013 she ran Longford Marathon, Ireland with a time of 2:44:22. [4]
In October 2015 she was the fastest Irish woman in the Dublin marathon.[ citation needed ]