1. Fionnuala McCormack is an Irish runner who has competed at a range of distance running events.
17 Facts About Fionnuala McCormack
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Fionnuala McCormack was the gold medallist at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships, becoming the first woman to successfully defend the title.
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Fionnuala McCormack has represented Ireland in the steeplechase at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and twice at the European Athletics Championships.
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Fionnuala McCormack began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in her debut championships in Lausanne.
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Fionnuala McCormack won a steeplechase silver at the 2006 European Cup and competed in the event at the European Athletics Championships, being eliminated in the heats.
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Fionnuala McCormack took the under-23 silver medal at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships at the end of the year.
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Fionnuala McCormack made her global track debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and was twelfth in the steeplechase final.
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Fionnuala McCormack ended the year with a seventh-place finish at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships.
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Fionnuala McCormack made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, but did not make the women's steeplechase final.
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Fionnuala McCormack came eleventh at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships which was held in her home city of Dublin.
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Fionnuala McCormack just missed out on a medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, finishing with the same time as bronze medallist Ana Dulce Felix.
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Fionnuala McCormack took second place at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels a week later.
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Fionnuala McCormack managed 16th place at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria.
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Fionnuala McCormack began 2012 with wins at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country and Antrim Cross Country.
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Fionnuala McCormack expressed her disappointment that the World Cross Country would not be held that year, and stated that she would focus on track running that year instead.
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Fionnuala McCormack placed 13th at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, being Europe's top performer in the race and one of only two non-Africans in the top 15.
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Fionnuala McCormack married in 2015 and began competing as Fionnuala McCormack.