Thomas Chamney

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Thomas Chamney
Born (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984 (age 39)
Clonmel, Ireland
Other namesThe Chamdawg
Chammers
Madra
OccupationAthlete

Thomas Chamney (born 16 April 1984) is an Irish runner who was born in Clonmel and brought up in Dublin. He specialises in the 800 metres event. He was educated at Kilkenny College and at Saint Columba's College, Dublin. Chamney runs for the Crusaders AC club whilst in Dublin and has been on an athletics scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana where he studied English from 2002–2007. He is a four-time Irish Senior 800m champion and competed at the Beijing Olympics in that event in 2008.

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On the field accolades

In 2006, Chamney earned All-America honours at the NCAA Indoor Championships, picking up his first career citation with a sixth-place finish in the 800-metre run at the Randall Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [1] Chamney repeated his performance that spring at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, California, again finishing sixth and picking up All-America honours. [2] This winter, Chamney became a three-time All-American with his performance in the NCAA Indoor Championships. [3]

In international competition, Chamney has represented Ireland in the 800 metres at the European Athletics Championship in 2006 [4] and at the European Indoor Championship in 2007. [5] Chamney is a former Irish U23 800m champion and was 5th in the 2005 European U23 Championship when he recorded a personal best time of 1:46.82.[ citation needed ]

Off-the-field notoriety

Chamney developed a cult following on the Internet amongst both track fans and non-fans when he began posting training journals on the college track and field site TrackShark.com. [6]

An English major at the University of Notre Dame, Chamney was able to use his literary talents and his personality to build a loyal fanbase of American readers who appreciated his humor. [7] Chamney's entries were generally quite a lengthy fictionalised version of events written in an Irish vernacular, drawing inspiration from a similar column in Dublin's Sunday Tribune. [8] Chamney's last journal entry was written on 23 February 2006. In a 2007 interview with TrackShark.com, Chamney stated that he enjoyed writing because of the positive feedback and widespread praise that it drew from his fans, but stopped writing them because he felt slighted by those who accused him of exploiting the literary styles of some notable Irish columnists. [9]

Post-collegiate career

Having graduated the University of Notre Dame in May 2007, Chamney trained briefly in Soria, Spain, with coach Enrique Pascual before moving to Tallahassee, Florida, to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [10] In somewhat controversial circumstances, [11] Chamney was selected for those Olympic Games having only attained the B standard for the 800m when he ran 1:46.66 at a meeting in Lignano, Italy. At those Olympic Games, he placed 5th in his heat in a time of 1:47.66 and failed to progress to the semi-finals. [12]

After the Beijing Olympics Chamney moved to Limerick, Ireland. He has since competed at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin over the 800m and the 1500m as well as the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona over 1500m. At both those competitions he failed to qualify for the final. He lowered his personal bests to 1:45.41 (Bislett Games, Oslo, 2009) and 3:36.83 (Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona, 2010). He retired from competitive athletics in 2013 and now runs a restaurant chain in Gothenburg, Sweden. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Chamney Is Notre Dame's Third All-American At NCAA Championships :: Irish junior finishes sixth in 800-meter run; Benninger does not finish 3,000 meters". und.cstv.com. 11 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Chamney Finishes Sixth In NCAA 800-Meter Final :: Notre Dame junior repeats this year's NCAA indoor finals performance and earns second career All-America citation". und.cstv.com. 10 June 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Chamney Earns Third All-America Honor In NCAA Indoor 800-Meter Final :: Jake Watson takes 10th place in finals of the mile, just missing out on All-America status". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "European Athletics Championships Göteborg, Sweden" (PDF). www.european-athletics.org. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "EAA Result Service". www.tilatopaja.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Journals : Thomas Chamney of Notre Dame". Track Shark. Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Meginnes, Joe (9 March 2006). "Charismatic Track Standout Thomas Chamney Leads Irish To NCAA Indoor Championships :: Junior middle distance runner is in the midst of his finest season at Notre Dame". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Trackshark.com – College Track & Field". Track Shark. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Trackshark.com – College Track & Field". Track Shark. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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  11. ↑ O'Riordan, Ian (7 July 2008). "Three more gain tickets to Beijing". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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