Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976) is an
Irish race walker
Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...
. She set the unofficial world record in the 5000m walk in Belfast, United Kingdom since 2002 however, the IAAF have refused to verify it. She won a silver medal at the
world championship in 2003 over 20km. It was the first time since 1995 that an Irish athlete had won a World Championship medal. Six years later in
Berlin
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at the World Championships
Olive Loughnane won silver at the same event as O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan the British
AAA Championships
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title in the 5,000m walk event at the
1998 AAA Championships.
O'Sullivan was also the first Irish athlete to win a medal in the walk at an Athletics Championship. O'Sullivan was one of the main contenders for Ireland to win a medal in the Olympics in Athens in 2004 in the 20 km walk but suffered an injury just before the games that prevented her from taking part. O'Sullivan retired on 19 April 2007 after years of injuries.
She now works as a personal trainer and runs a series of health, fitness and motivation talks in
Cork.
Achievements
She attended Lissivigeen N.S
References
External links
* http://www.gillianosullivan.ie
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* http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=1434#more-1434
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1976 births
Living people
Irish female race walkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Ireland
Athletes from County Kerry
World Athletics Championships medalists
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