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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1994 Ballineen, County Cork, Ireland [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bandon A.C | ||||||||||||||
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Phil Healy (born 19 November 1994) is an Irish athlete competing in sprinting events. [2] From Ballineen in County Cork, [1] her sister Joan Healy is also a sprinter. [3]
A member of Bandon Athletics Club, Healy reportedly "began to fully focus on [athletics]" as a teenager. [4] A video of Phil Healy winning the final leg of the 4 x 400 metre Irish University Championships in 2016 went viral around the world. [5] Her winning run has been described as one of the best athletics comebacks of all time. [6] [7] [8] As she turns into the homestretch, having closed much of an 80-metre gap with the lead runners, the commentator is heard to shout "UCC from the depths of hell are powering through". [9] [10]
She set an Irish 200m national record in July 2018. In the 2018 European Championships, she placed fourth with a time of 23.23. [11]
In a team which included Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker and Sharlene Mawdsley, Healy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Championships. [12] Healy was also a member of the Irish team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [13]
1Did not finish in the final
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