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{{Medal|Competition | [[Antrim International Cross Country|Mallusk Crosscountry]] }}<ref name="ARRS">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204083229/http://more.arrs.net/runner/5225/1/position/asc |url=http://more.arrs.net/runner/5225/1/position/asc |deadurl=no |publisher=[[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] |accessdate=8 November 2017 |title=Runner Profile - Roisin Smyth |archivedate=4 December 2016}}</ref>
{{Medal|Competition | [[Antrim International Cross Country|Mallusk Crosscountry]] }}<ref name="ARRS">{{cite web |url=http://more.arrs.run/runner/5225/1/position/asc |publisher=[[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] |accessdate=8 November 2017 |title=Runner Profile - Roisin Smyth }}</ref>
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{{Medal|Bronze | 1984 | Women's race }}
{{Medal|Gold | 1991 | Women's race }}
{{Medal|Gold | 1991 | Women's race }}
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'''Róisín Smyth''' (sometimes registered as '''Roisin Smyth''')) (born 26 October 1963)<ref name="cc facts"/><ref name="ARRS"/><ref name="all"/><ref name="EICH2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf#page=411 |page=412 |title=European Indoor Championships 2013 statistics |publisher=[[European Athletic Association]]}}</ref> is a [[middle-distance runner]] from [[County Londonderry]] in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14978874/the_guardian/ |first=John |last=Rodda |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 January 1986 |page=14 |title=England Debt to Lewis |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |deadurl=no |date=13 August 2008 |title=Derry's long lost Olympian |work=[[Derry Journal]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221401/http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/derry-s-long-lost-olympian-1-2128733 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archivedate=15 May 2012 |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/derry-s-long-lost-olympian-1-2128733}}</ref><ref name="sportsref">{{cite web |website=[[Sports Reference|sports-reference.com]] |title=Róisín Smyth |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213155406/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/roisin-smyth-1.html |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archivedate=13 December 2012 |deadurl=no |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/roisin-smyth-1.html}}</ref><ref name="CNI">{{youtube|id=eweU5boag3c|title="NI Champions:Roisin Smyth"}}. [[Culture Northern Ireland]]. (18 April 2012) Retrieved 8 November 2017.</ref> She concentrated on [[Cross country running|cross-county]] and [[3,000 m]] on the track.<ref name="cc facts"/><ref name="all"/> She competed in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]] heats at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]],<ref name="LA Official">{{cite report |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2pt2.pdf |title=Official Report Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 Volume 2 Competition and Summary and Results Part Two |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |page=262 |year=1984 |accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref> the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]] as well as at six [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country championships]].<ref name="cc facts">{{Citation |publisher=[[IAAF]] |archivedate=27 September 2013 |deadurl=yes |via=Wayback Machine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf |accessdate=8 November 2017 |page=41 |title=36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh 2008 - Facts & Figures - Great Britain & Northern Ireland At The International Cross Country & WORLD Cross Country Championships |url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf}}</ref> She was [[Athletics Ireland|all-Ireland]] 3000 m champion on three occasions, and once at [[1500 m]].<ref>{{cite web |archivedate=10 October 2004 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010041444/http://www.gbrathletics.com:80/nc/irl.htm |deadurl=no |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irl.htm |title=Irish Republic Championships |website=GBRAthletics.com}}</ref> Smyth competed in the World Cross Country Championships for both Northern Ireland and Ireland.
'''Róisín Smyth''' (also known as '''Roisin Smyth''') (born 26 October 1963)<ref name="cc facts"/><ref name="ARRS"/><ref name="all"/><ref name="EICH2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf#page=411 |page=412 |title=European Indoor Championships 2013 statistics |publisher=[[European Athletic Association]]}}</ref> is a [[middle-distance runner]] from [[County Londonderry]] in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14978874/the_guardian/ |first=John |last=Rodda |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 January 1986 |page=14 |title=England Debt to Lewis |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url-status=live |date=13 August 2008 |title=Derry's long lost Olympian |work=[[Derry Journal]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221401/http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/derry-s-long-lost-olympian-1-2128733 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archivedate=15 May 2012 |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/derry-s-long-lost-olympian-1-2128733}}</ref><ref name="sportsref">{{cite web |website=[[Sports Reference|sports-reference.com]] |title=Róisín Smyth |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213155406/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/roisin-smyth-1.html |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archivedate=13 December 2012 |url-status=dead |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/roisin-smyth-1.html}}</ref><ref name="CNI">{{youTube|id=eweU5boag3c|title="NI Champions:Roisin Smyth"}}. [[Culture Northern Ireland]]. (18 April 2012) Retrieved 8 November 2017.</ref> Her focus areas were [[Cross country running|cross-country]] and [[3,000 m]] on the track.<ref name="cc facts"/><ref name="all"/> She competed in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]] heats at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]],<ref name="LA Official">{{cite report |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2pt2.pdf |title=Official Report Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 Volume 2 Competition and Summary and Results Part Two |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |page=262 |year=1984 |accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref> the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]] as well as at six [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country championships]].<ref name="cc facts">{{Citation |publisher=[[IAAF]] |archivedate=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |via=Wayback Machine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf |accessdate=8 November 2017 |page=41 |title=36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh 2008 - Facts & Figures - Great Britain & Northern Ireland At The International Cross Country & WORLD Cross Country Championships |url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf}}</ref> She was [[Athletics Ireland|all-Ireland]] 3000 m champion on three occasions, and once at [[1500 m]].<ref>{{cite web |archivedate=10 October 2004 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010041444/http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irl.htm |url-status=live |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irl.htm |title=Irish Republic Championships |website=GBRAthletics.com }}</ref> Smyth competed in the World Cross Country Championships for both Northern Ireland and Ireland.


==International competitions==
==International competitions==
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|rowspan=2|[[1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France
|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France
|101st<ref name="CC80">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110825/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1980S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1980S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|101st<ref name="CC80">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110825/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1980S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1980S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
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|{{NIR}}
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|rowspan=2|[[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States
|rowspan=2|[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States
|22nd<ref name="CC84">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110845/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|22nd<ref name="CC84">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110845/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1984S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|1986
|1986
|[[1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|European Athletics Indoor Championships]]
|[[1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|European Athletics Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain<ref name="all">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108090306/ |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/fr/athlete/289583 |title=Profil D'athlète - Roisin Smyth |archivedate=8 November 2017 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |deadurl=no |language=french |trans-title=Athlete Profile - Roisin Smyth |website=all-athletics.com}}</ref>
|[[Madrid]], Spain<ref name="all">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108090306/http://www.all-athletics.com/fr/athlete/289583 |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/fr/athlete/289583 |title=Profil D'athlète - Roisin Smyth |archivedate=8 November 2017 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url-status=live |language=french |trans-title=Athlete Profile - Roisin Smyth |website=all-athletics.com }}</ref>
|7th<ref name="EICH2013"/>
|7th<ref name="EICH2013"/>
|[[1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|[[1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
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|rowspan=2|[[1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Auckland]], New Zealand
|rowspan=2|[[Auckland]], New Zealand
|112th<ref name="CC88">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110906/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|112th<ref name="CC88">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110906/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|rowspan=2|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stavanger]], Norway
|rowspan=2|[[Stavanger]], Norway
|78th<ref name="CC89">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110911/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1989S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1989S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|78th<ref name="CC89">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110911/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1989S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1989S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|rowspan=2|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Aix-les-Bains]], France
|rowspan=2|[[Aix-les-Bains]], France
|68th<ref name="CC90">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110916/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1990S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1990S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|68th<ref name="CC90">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110916/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1990S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1990S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres|European Athletics Championships]]
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres|European Athletics Championships]]
|[[Split (city)|Split]], Yugoslavia
|[[Split (city)|Split]], Yugoslavia
|13th<ref>{{cite report |title=Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships - Statistics Handbook |year=2014 |publisher=[[European Athletic Association]] |page=457 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf#page=458}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |accessdate=8 November 2017 |deadurl=yes |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209070429/http://www.telefonica.net/web2/jeube/ResCEur1990.htm |title=XV Campeonatos De Europa De Atletismo |archivedate=9 February 2012 |trans-title=XV European Athletics Championships |via=[[Wayback Machine]] |url=http://www.telefonica.net/web2/jeube/ResCEur1990.htm |publisher=Jeube}}</ref>
|13th<ref>{{cite report |title=Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships - Statistics Handbook |year=2014 |publisher=[[European Athletic Association]] |page=457 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf#page=458}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url-status=dead |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209070429/http://www.telefonica.net/web2/jeube/ResCEur1990.htm |title=XV Campeonatos De Europa De Atletismo |archivedate=9 February 2012 |trans-title=XV European Athletics Championships |via=[[Wayback Machine]] |url=http://www.telefonica.net/web2/jeube/ResCEur1990.htm |publisher=Jeube}}</ref>
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|rowspan=2|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Antwerp]], Belgium
|rowspan=2|[[Antwerp]], Belgium
|111th<ref name="CC91">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110921/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1991S.html |deadurl=yes |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1991S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|111th<ref name="CC91">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110921/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1991S.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=16 October 2007 |accessdate=8 November 2017 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1991S.html |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships |last=Magnusson |first=Tomas |website=Athchamps}}</ref>
|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior women's race]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
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|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan<ref name="all"/>
|[[Tokyo]], Japan<ref name="all"/>
|heat<ref name="all"/><ref name="todor">{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Women_3000m.html |archivedate=24 August 2011 |deadurl=no |title=Women 3000m World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824182236/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Women_3000m.html |accessdate=8 November 2017 |publisher=Todor66}}</ref>
|heat<ref name="all"/><ref name="todor">{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Women_3000m.html |archivedate=24 August 2011 |url-status=live |title=Women 3000m World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824182236/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Women_3000m.html |accessdate=8 November 2017 |publisher=Todor66}}</ref>
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|{{IRL}}
|{{IRL}}
|}
|}


==Personal Life==
==Personal life==
Smyth is married to fellow [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|world cross country]] athlete and director of Dublin City University's sports academy,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713093811/https://www4.dcu.ie/students/az/sports-academy |title=Student Support and Development |accessdate=8 November 2017 |publisher=[[Dublin City University]]}}</ref> Enda Fitzpatrick.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cullen-hits-top-form-as-byrne-left-in-wake-29091714.html |title=Cullen hits top form as Byrne left in wake |first=Cliona |last=Foley |date=25 February 2013 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref> They have two daughters, both of whom are accomplished athletes at national level.<ref name="CNI"/>
Smyth is married to Enda Fitzpatrick.<ref name="Cullen">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cullen-hits-top-form-as-byrne-left-in-wake-29091714.html |title=Cullen hits top form as Byrne left in wake |first=Cliona |last=Foley |date=25 February 2013 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref> He is a fellow [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|world cross country]] athlete and is the director of Dublin City University's sports academy.<ref name="Cullen"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www4.dcu.ie/students/az/sports-academy |title=Student Support and Development |accessdate=8 November 2017 |publisher=[[Dublin City University]] |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713093811/https://www4.dcu.ie/students/az/sports-academy |archivedate=13 July 2014 }}</ref> They have two daughters, both of whom are accomplished athletes at national level.<ref name="CNI"/>


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Latest revision as of 03:16, 3 May 2024

Róisín Smyth
Medal record
Women's athletics/
Cross Country
Representing  Ireland
Mallusk Crosscountry [1]
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Women's race
Gold medal – first place 1991 Women's race

Róisín Smyth (also known as Roisin Smyth) (born 26 October 1963)[2][1][3][4] is a middle-distance runner from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.[5][6][7][8] Her focus areas were cross-country and 3,000 m on the track.[2][3] She competed in the 3000 m heats at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[9] the 1991 World Championships as well as at six World Cross Country championships.[2] She was all-Ireland 3000 m champion on three occasions, and once at 1500 m.[10] Smyth competed in the World Cross Country Championships for both Northern Ireland and Ireland.

International competitions[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ireland or  Northern Ireland
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Paris, France 101st[11] Senior women's race  Northern Ireland
17th[11] Women's team result  Northern Ireland
1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships East Rutherford, United States 22nd[12] Senior women's race  Ireland
4th[12] Women's team result  Ireland
Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States heat[9] 3,000 metres  Ireland
1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain[3] 7th[4] 1500 m  Ireland
1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Auckland, New Zealand 112th[13] Senior women's race  Ireland
17th[13] Women's team result  Ireland
1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Stavanger, Norway 78th[14] Senior women's race  Ireland
15th[14] Women's team result  Ireland
1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aix-les-Bains, France 68th[15] Senior women's race  Ireland
17th[15] Women's team result  Ireland
European Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow, UK[3] 5th[4] 3000 m  Ireland
European Athletics Championships Split, Yugoslavia 13th[16][17] 3000 m  Ireland
1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Antwerp, Belgium 111th[18] Senior women's race  Ireland
19th[18] Women's team race  Ireland
World Championships Tokyo, Japan[3] heat[3][19] 3000 m  Ireland

Personal life[edit]

Smyth is married to Enda Fitzpatrick.[20] He is a fellow world cross country athlete and is the director of Dublin City University's sports academy.[20][21] They have two daughters, both of whom are accomplished athletes at national level.[8]

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