1. Ciara Mageean is a middle-distance runner from Portaferry in Northern Ireland who specialises in the 1500 metres.
17 Facts About Ciara Mageean
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Ciara Mageean is the 2024 European Athletics Championships gold medalist at the distance, the first individual Irish European champion since Sonia O'Sullivan.
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Ciara Mageean is a four-time European Athletics Championship medallist at the event, having won bronze in 2016, silver in 2022 outdoors and bronze in 2019 indoors.
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Ciara Mageean won three silver medals at World and European level in the U-18 and U-20 age groups.
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Ciara Mageean represented Ireland at both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Ciara Mageean holds four Irish records and is a multiple national champion.
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Ciara Mageean won silver medals at the 2009 World Youth and 2010 World Junior Championships.
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Ciara Mageean was coached by former Irish athlete and friend Jerry Kiernan, who she credits for her recovery after serious ankle injuries.
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In 2017, Ciara Mageean moved to Manchester to work with Team New Balance, initially coached by Steve Vernon.
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Ciara Mageean had a successful 2022 season in which she was coached by Helen Clitheroe with the Manchester-based New Balance team.
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Ciara Mageean chose to skip the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July after contracting Covid-19 the previous month, and focused on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and European Championships Munich 2022 held in August.
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Ciara Mageean broke the four-minute barrier for the first time, and Sonia O'Sullivan's Irish record set in 1995, by more than two seconds.
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Ciara Mageean achieved a personal best of 3:56.63, as her previous fastest time was 4:00.15, set in the 2019 World Championships final in Qatar.
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On 23 December 2023, Ciara Mageean became the parkrun female record holder with a time of 15:13 set in Victoria Park, Belfast.
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On 9 June 2024, Ciara Mageean won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
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Ciara Mageean withdrew from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to an Achilles injury.
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Ciara Mageean was awarded a UCD Ad Astra Elite Athlete Scholarship and graduated from University College Dublin with a BSc in Physiotherapy in 2017.