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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Adams State Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:15.50 (Dublin, 2021) Mile: 4:40.12 (Albuquerque, 2024) 3000m: 8:53.02 (Glasgow, 2024) 2 Miles: 9:36.70 (New York, 2024) 5000m: 15:26.32 (Walnut, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Roisin Flanagan (born 2 May 1997) is an Irish long distance runner. [1]
From Gortin in County Tyrone, Flanagan attended Sacred Heart College, Omagh before she and her twin sister, Eilish Flanagan, also a distance runner, earned scholarships at Adams State University in Colorado. [2] They were named Sportswomen of the Month in December 2022 by the Irish Times . [3]
Flanagan competes for Finn Valley Athletic Club. [4] She ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she finished 14th in the 5000m race. [5] Flanagan broke her own Northern Ireland record by over a second when she finished 11th in 15:26.76 in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. It was the fourth time in a year she had broken the record. [6]
In December 2022, Flanagan participated in the European Cross County Championships in Turin in a team alongside her twin sister, where they helped secure a bronze team medal for Ireland. [7]
In May 2023, Flanagan took half a second off her own Northern Ireland 5000m record, competing in California. [8]
Flanagan set an Irish record over 2 Miles (9:36.70) when competing at the Millrose Games in February 2024 in New York. [9] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres race and ran a personal best time of 8:53.02. [10] [11]
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