Phil Healy
Personal information | |
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Born | Ballineen, Cork, Ireland[1] | 19 November 1994
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m |
Club | Bandon A.C |
Phil Healy (born 19 November 1994) is an Irish athlete competing in sprinting events.[2] Her sister is also a sprinter.
She set an Irish 200m national record in July 2018. In the 2018 European Championships, she placed fourth with a time of 23.23.[3]
A video of Phil Healy winning the final leg of the 4 x 400 metre Irish University Championships in 2016 went viral around the world.[4] Her winning run is often cited as one of the greatest athletics comebacks of all time.[5][6] As she approaches the finishing line, having closed an 80-metre gap with the lead runners, the TV commentator is heard to shout "UCC from the depths of hell are powering through".[7][8]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ireland | |||||
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 4th | 100 m | 11.96 |
14th (h) | 200 m | 24.44 | |||
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 26th (h) | 100 m | 11.53 |
10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.84 | |||
2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 17th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.38 |
5th | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:36.90 | |||
European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 12th (h) | 100 m | 11.81 | |
5th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.681 | |||
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.29 |
15th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.02 | |||
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 14th (sf) | 60 m | 7.40 |
26th (h) | 400 m | 54.80 | |||
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 7th | 200 m | 23.81 | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 53.26 |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 20th (sf) | 100 m | 11.46 | |
11th (sf) | 200 m | 23.23 | |||
9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.80 | |||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 53.65 |
Universiade | Naples, Italy | 6th | 200 m | 23.44 | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 37th (h) | 200 m | 23.56 | |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th | 400 m | 51.94 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 26th (h) | 200 m | 23.21 | |
24th (h) | 400 m | 51.98 | |||
8th | 4 x 400 m mixed relay | 3:15.04 |
1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.28 (+2.0 m/s, Dublin 2018, National Record - NR)[9] https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/arid-30847446.html
- 200 metres – 22.99 (0.0 m/s, Cork 2018, NR)[10]
- 400 metres – 51.50 (Belfast 2021)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.31 (Athlone 2017)
- 200 metres – 23.10 (Athlone 2020)
- 400 metres – 51.94 (Torun 2021)
References[]
- ^ Top Irish sprinter Phil Healy from Cork sets new national record
- ^ Phil Healy at World Athletics
- ^ "European Championships 2018: Ciara Mageean cruises through to 1500m final". BBC. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Shapiro, T. Rees (19 April 2016). "'Unbelievable!' Watch this Irish runner's stunning comeback victory". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Phil Healy's run for the ages restores some faith in athletics". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "This is the most dramatic finish to a race we've ever seen". 18 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Doherty, Conan (9 April 2016). "UCC win unbelievable IUAA women's 4x400m race". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (20 April 2016). "The Healy Phenomenon: an incredible beauty is born for athletics". Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Downing, Will (7 June 2018). "'The signs were there' - Phil Healy thanks her coach after breaking long-standing Irish record". Irish Examiner/BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Downing, Will (16 July 2018). "Cork City Sports sees Phil Healy break Irish 200m record". BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Irish female sprinters
- Sportspeople from County Cork
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Ireland
- Olympic female sprinters