David McCarthy (long-distance runner)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 3, 1988 Waterford | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Ballinamult, Waterford | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Country |
Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Club | West Waterford AC | ||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ray Treacy | ||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||
| Updated on 2010. | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
David McCarthy (born 3 August 1988 in Waterford, Ireland) is a middle-distance athlete with international medals already to his name.
After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009,[1] McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish medal of the Championships. [2]
McCarthy's third-place finish saw him beaten by gold-medallist Mohamed Elbendir of Spain and French athlete Noureddine Smaïl - both of whom were African-born.[3]
Coached by Ray Treacy, brother of 1984 Olympic marathon silver-medallist John Treacy, McCarthy as of the 2009-10 semester attends Providence College.[4]
References
- ↑ "National Award for David McCarthy". Waterford Today.
- ↑ "Radio interview with David McCarthy". Athletics Ireland.
- ↑ "EAA Results Website". European Athletics Association/sportresult.com.
- ↑ "Friars.com article". friars.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.