Stephen Scullion
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish / Northern Irish |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | November 9, 1988
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Ireland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | marathon, half marathon, 10000 metres, 3000 metres |
Club | Dark Sky Distance |
Coached by | Stephen Haas |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | marathon: 02:09:25 |
Stephen Scullion (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish middle-distance and long-distance runner.[1]
Early life[]
Scullion was born in Belfast and attended Wellington College.[2]
Athletic career[]
Scullion was selected for Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 1500m and 5000m, but missed out due to illness.[3] He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships and in the 10000 m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
At the 2019 Houston Marathon he finished tenth in a personal best, despite taking a wrong turn and being corrected by a member of the public. He qualified for the 2019 World Championships and for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5] Scullion finished second in the 2019 Dublin Marathon and eleventh in the 2020 London Marathon.[6][7][8]
He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[9]
References[]
- ^ "European Athletics - Athlete: Stephen Scullion". european-athletics.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian. "Operation Transformation: from couch drunk to Tokyo Olympian". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Scullion ruled out of Delhi Games". September 29, 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Stadium, Ian O’Riordan at Morton. "Stephen Scullion targets marathon in Doha after Santry success". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info.
- ^ Kilraine, John (October 27, 2019). "Winner of Dublin marathon completes race in record time" – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Leaderboard KM". London Marathon. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Stephen Scullion takes more than two minutes off marathon PB to finish 11th in London". The 42. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's Marathon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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- Living people
- Athletes from the Republic of Ireland
- Irish male long-distance runners
- 1988 births
- Irish male marathon runners
- Sportspeople from Belfast
- People educated at Wellington College Belfast
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Ireland