Brendan Boyce
Personal information | |
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Born | Milford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland | 15 October 1986
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Ireland |
Sport | racewalking |
Event(s) | 20 km walk 50 km walk |
Club | Letterkenny Athletics Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 20km: 1:24:38 50km: 3:48:55[1] |
Brendan Boyce (born 15 October 1986) is an Irish race walker. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk, coming 29th, and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he came 25th.[2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk where he finished in the top twenty, bettering his performance of the previous Olympiad.[3] In 2021, he represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 10th in the men's 50 kilometres walk.[4]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ireland | |||||
2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 27th | 20 km walk | 1:32:17 |
Universiade | London, United Kingdom | 15th | 20 km walk | 1:29:48 | |
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 63rd | 20 km walk | 1:27:46 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 29th | 50 km walk | 3:55:01 | |
2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 35th | 20 km walk | 1:28:56 |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 25th | 50 km walk | 3:54:24 | |
2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 77th | 20 km walk | 1:26:55 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 16th | 50 km walk | 3:51:34 | |
2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 27th | 20 km walk | 1:26:47 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | — | 50 km walk | DQ | |
2016 | Rome, Italy | 63rd | 20 km walk | ||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 19th | 50 km walk | 3:53:59 | |
2017 | European Race Walking Cup | Podebrady, Czech Republic | 4th | 50 km walk | 3:49:49 |
2019 | World Athletics Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 50 km walk | 4:07:46 |
2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Sapporo, Japan | 10th | 50 km walk | 3:53:40 |
References[]
- ^ "Brendan Boyce". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Honours". IAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Brilliant Boyce delivers super performance to finish in World's Top 20". Donegal Daily. 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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External links[]
- Brendan Boyce at World Athletics
- Brendan Boyce at the International Olympic Committee
- Brendan Boyce at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from the Republic of Ireland
- Irish male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of Ireland
- People from Letterkenny
- Sportspeople from County Donegal
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Irish athletics biography stubs