Anne Keenan-Buckley in

Portlaoise Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster. Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest town ...

County Laois County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...

) is a retired Irish middle distance runner who was on the Ireland 1988 Summer Olympic team.

Running career

Keenan-Buckley competed at 1988 Olympics in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

where she finished in 24th place. In 2002, she won a team bronze medal at the

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', ...

for the short race.

Administration career

From 2006-2012 Keenan-Buckley was the manager of the Ireland cross country team.

References

External links

* Living people Sportspeople from Portlaoise Irish female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland Athletes from County Laois Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub