Pauline Curley (athlete)

Pauline Curley
Personal information
Nationality  Ireland
Born (1969-03-10) 10 March 1969
Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Club Tullamore Harriers (IRL)

Pauline Curley (born 10 March 1969 in Birr) is an Irish marathon runner.[1] At age thirty-nine, she represented Ireland for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's marathon. She ran and finished the race in sixty-third place, with a time of 2:47:16.[2][3] She also achieved her personal best, when she placed ninth at the 2008 Fortis Marathon in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a time of 2:39:05. On August 25, 2013 She ran Longford Marathon, Ireland with a time of 2:44:22.[4]

In October 2015 she was the fastest Irish woman in the Dublin marathon.

References

  1. "Pauline Curley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. "Women's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. Foley, Cliona (18 August 2008). "Mixed emotions for Paula and Pauline after marathon effort". Independent Ireland. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. "Longford Marathon". Longford Marathon. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
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