| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Marathon 2:09:36 (Düsseldorf, 2025) |
Peter Lynch (born 26 November 1997) is an Irish long-distance runner. He represented Ireland at the 2025 World Championships in the marathon. That year, he also held the Irish national record at the distance. [1]
Lynch is from Kilkenny and is a member of Kilkenny City Harriers. He was educated at the University of Tulsa in the United States. [2]
Lynch placed third at the Irish Cross Country Championships in Donegal in November 2022. [3] He then ran for Ireland at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy, where he was the first Irish finisher in fifteenth place. [4]
Lynch represented Ireland over 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024. After which, he moved to North Carolina in the United States to train with Alistair Cragg’s Puma Elite training group. He subsequently set a new Irish record over 10 miles, whilst competing in Washington. [5]
In April 2025, Lynch set a new Irish national record for the marathon of 2:09:36 in placing third at the Düsseldorf Marathon in Germany, finishing one place ahead of compatriot Fearghal Curtin. [6] [7] Curtin would go on to set a new Irish record six months later. [8]
Lynch placed twenty-fourth overall at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in the men's marathon. [9]