Tom McGuirk

Last updated

Tom McGuirk
Personal information
Born (1971-03-02) 2 March 1971 (age 54)
San Francisco, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event
 400 metres hurdles
College team Cal Poly Mustangs California Golden Bears
ClubDublin City Harriers

Tom McGuirk (born 2 March 1971 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Irish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] He represented his country at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.

His personal best in the event is 49.73 seconds set in San José, California in 1996.

Nowadays he operates a bar in Half Moon Bay, California, with his older brother Patrick. [3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 18th (h)400 m 47.14
27th (h)400 m hurdles 50.84
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 9th (sf)400 m 47.66
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 43rd (h)400 m hurdles 50.76
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 32nd (h)400 m hurdles 49.93
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 13th (sf)400 m hurdles 51.12
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 51st (h)400 m hurdles 51.73

References


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.