| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 5 November 2006 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 200m: 22.39 (Athlone, 2024) 400m: 46.52 (Tampere, 2025) |
Sean Doggett (born 5 November 2006) is an Irish sprinter who competes over 400 metres. [1]
He was educated at Coláiste an Éachréidh in Athenry, County Galway. [2] He is a member of Athenry Athletics Club. He won indoor and outdoor age-group national titles over 800 metres. He started running 400 metres in 2023 and won Irish under-18 400m national titles, and an under-19 400m indoor national title. [3]
He ran a personal best 46.71 seconds for the 400 metres at the Belfast Track Meet in May 2024. In June 2024, he became the youngest athlete to compete for Ireland in a senior European Championships when he ran as part of the Irish men's 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy, at the age of 17 years-old, although the team did not progress from their heat, placing fifth. [3] That month, alongside Saoirse Fitzgerald, Conor Kelly, and Maria Zakharenko, he was a member of the Irish mixed 4x400m relay team which set a new national U20 record of 3:24.91. [4]
He was a semi-finalist in the individual 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. [5] At the championships, he was also part of the Irish men's 4x400m relay team which placed qualifier for the final and placed seventh overall. [6] [7]
In May 2025, he won the Irish Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore, and broke Brian Gregan's schools record over 400m from 2008, with a time of 47.22 seconds. [8] At the Bauhaus Juniorengala in Mannheim, Germany, he ran as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team which set a new national U20 record, in June 2025 alongside Alex Cullen, Kelly, and David Davitt. [9]
He reached the final in the individual 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere running a personal best 46.52 seconds in the semi-final. [10]