Olive Loughnane
Olive Loughnane (born January 14, 1976 in Cork ) is an Irish athlete who finished second at the 2009 World Championships in 20 km walking .
Olive Loughnane won the 1998 Irish 10K Championships. In 2000 she competed at the Olympic Games in Sydney over 20 km walking and finished 35th. In the next few years Loughnane placed in the extended world class with 13th place at the 2001 World Championships and at the 2002 European Championships and twelfth place at the 2003 World Championships . After a few years without a result at the season's highlight and the birth of her daughter in 2006, she reached 17th place at the 2007 World Championships . Seventh place at the 2008 Olympic Games meant Loughnane's final breakthrough into world class, with 1:27:45 hours set her fourth Irish national record. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , she took first place and won her first medal at a major international event. Olga Kaniskina , originally honored as the winner, was stripped of the medal due to serious doping offenses .
With a height of 1.60 meters, your competition weight is 50 kilograms. Her sister Ann Loughnane is also a walker.
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2009. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2009, ISBN 978-1-899807-78-9 .
Web links
- Olive Loughnane in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Olive Loughnane in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doping verdict Russian walkers have to hand in medals . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 24, 2016, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 13, 2016]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loughnane, olive |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cork |