Breege Connolly (born 1 February 1978) is an Irish

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

runner. She placed 76th at the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in a time of 2:44:41. Connolly took up athletics around 2005. Her cousin Teresa Doherty is a former

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and soil, earth, pass through woodlands and ope ...

competitor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Breege Living people Athletes from the Republic of Ireland Irish female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland 1978 births Place of birth missing (living people)