Sinead Diver

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Diver at the London Marathon 2019

Sinead Diver (born February 17, 1977 in Béal an Mhuirthead ) is an Australian long-distance runner of Irish origin.

Career

Sinead Diver was born in County Mayo , Ireland, and relocated to Melbourne at the age of 25 . It was not until she was 32 that she started running after the birth of her first child. Four years later, on October 12, 2014, she ran the Melbourne Marathon in 2:34:15 hours and thus met the qualification standard for the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing . However, the Irish federation tightened its national standard to 2:33:30 h, so Diver instead accepted the offer to start for their adopted home Australia. In Beijing she finished 21st in 2:36:38 h. A knee injury prevented her participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the following year .

At the Nagoya Marathon on March 12, 2017, Diver was tenth and increased her best to 2:31:37 h. In August she took part in the marathon at the World Championships in London and finished 20th in 2:33:26 h. At the end of the season she was seventh in the Saitama Marathon in 2:33:00 h.

In 2018 Diver became Australian champion in the half marathon . In October she won the Melbourne Marathon and increased her personal best to 2:25:19 h. She achieved a further increase to 2:24:11 hours at the London Marathon 2019 , where she finished seventh. At the Oceania Championships in Townsville, Australia, she won the 10,000-meter run . Over the same distance she reached 14th place at the World Championships in Doha with a personal best of 31: 25.49 min. She finished the New York City Marathon in November in 2:26:23 h in fifth place.

Sinead Diver is married with two children.

Personal best

  • 10,000 meter run: 31: 25.49 min, Doha , September 28, 2019
  • Half marathon: 1:08:50 h, Marugame , February 2, 2020
  • Marathon : 2:24:11 h, London , April 28, 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PJ Brown: Mayo-Born Sinead Diver Finishes Fifth In The New York Marathon. In: Balls.ie. November 3, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Aaron Gallagher: I'm 42, not 92. People think you shouldn't be able to run after you're 40. I think I'm proving them wrong. In: The42. April 29, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b James Sullivan: Age no barrier for Tokyo-bound marathoner Diver. In: iaaf.org. October 30, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Diver, Sinead
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Béal to Mhuirthead