Sophie Becker

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Sophie Becker
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Becker in 2019
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27)
Wexford, Ireland [1]
Education Dublin City University (BSc)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 51.13 (Belfast, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay

Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as in the sprint events and mainly specialises in the 400 m.

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She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record. [2]

Early life and education

Becker is from Ballykelly in County Wexford where she competed in underage gaelic football for Horeswood GAA. [3] She later attended St Mary's secondary school in New Ross.

She graduated with a degree in genetics and cell biology from Dublin City University.

Career

She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [4] She took part in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]

She was part of the Irish women's relay team that qualified for the final of the women's 4x400m relay in Budapest at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [6]

She ran at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team which reached the final in Glasgow. [7] [8] She ran as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [9] She finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. [10]

She was selected for the Ireland team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships to run the individual 400 metres and the relay. [11] The women's 4x400m relay team qualified fastest for the final, with the team before ultimately going on to win the silver medal in a national record time of 3:22.71. [12] [13] Later that month, she won the Irish Championships 400 metres title in Dublin. [14] In July 2024, she qualified for the individual 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [15]

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References

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