Frank O'Mara began his athletics career at age 10, finishing 3rd in the All-Ireland 400m.
16 Facts About Frank O'Mara
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Frank O'Mara attended JFK primary school and St Munchins College, where he played rugby.
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Frank O'Mara won the Irish schools 1500m in an intermediate championship record of 3:58.2.
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Frank O'Mara received a scholarship to the University of Arkansas, where he studied engineering.
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Primarily a miler early on, Frank O'Mara set a personal best in 1985 for the 1500m, finishing second at the Ivo Van Dame Invitational with a time of 3:34.02.
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Frank O'Mara set his personal best for the mile when finishing 4th in the 1986 Grand prix final in Rome with a time of 3:51.06.
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Frank O'Mara finished 8th at the European Championship in Stuttgart in the 1500m race won by Steve Cram ahead of Sebastian Coe.
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In 1987, Frank O'Mara broke the Irish record for 5,000m, finishing third place at the Bislett Games in Oslo.
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Frank O'Mara competed in three Olympic Games, finishing 4th in the preliminary rounds of the 1500m at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and fourth in his heat of the 5000m at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, narrowly missing the next round.
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On five occasions, Frank O'Mara was Irish national champion, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Irish Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Frank O'Mara continued his education and received an MBA and a JD.
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Frank O'Mara was admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1993.
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Frank O'Mara began his business career as lawyer for Alltel Wireless in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1996.
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Frank O'Mara held various executive roles at Alltel, including EVP of Human Resources and EVP of Customer Service.
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Frank O'Mara was named CEO of Allied Wireless, a subsidiary of Atlantic Tele Network in September 2009.
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Frank O'Mara built a team of largely former Alltel colleagues, who successfully completed major systems, network, and customer support conversions.