Sarah Elizabeth Reilly (born 3 July 1973) is an English-born Irish
sprinter who competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
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Biography
Oxley married Irish
high jumper
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
Brendan Reilly and adopted Irish nationality on 7 June 2000.
As Sarah Reilly she won the British
AAA Championships
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...
title in the 200 metres event at the
2001 AAA Championships
The 2001 AAA Championships sponsored by Norwich Union, was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 13–15 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de fa ...
. Shortly afterwards she represented
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
in the
women's 100 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
See also
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List of eligibility transfers in athletics
This is a list of track and field athletes who have moved to compete for another national association or federation. Such moves are called transfers of allegiance by the World Athletics.
To countries in Africa
To countries in the Americas
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References
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1973 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Irish female sprinters
Olympic athletes for Ireland
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic female sprinters
Athletes from Leeds
English female sprinters
British female sprinters
Naturalised citizens of Ireland
20th-century English sportswomen
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