Sarah Lavin
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Full name | Sarah Kate Lavin | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30) Lisnagry, Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
Education | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sarah Kate Lavin (born 28 May 1994) is an Irish athlete specialising in the high hurdles.[1] She finished fourth at the 2019 Summer Universiade. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships and represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Games.[2]
Her personal bests are 12.62 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (the Irish national record) (0.3 m/s, Munich 2022) and 7.90 60 metres hurdles (Glasgow 2024).
With a time of 11.27 seconds, Lavin was the previous Irish recordholder in the 100 metres flat (Switzerland 2023).[3][4][5]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ireland | |||||
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 18th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.901 |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.34 |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 29th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.25 |
10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.84 | |||
2015 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:36.90 |
European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 17th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.87 | |
5th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.682 | |||
2017 | Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.64 |
2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.28 |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 9th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.07 |
World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.53 | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 32nd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.16 | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | 60 m hurdles | 8.09 |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 17th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.87 | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 12.86 | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 8.03 |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.62 | |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.91 |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | 100 m hurdles | 12.94 | |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 15th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.69 |
1Did not finish in the semifinals
2Did not finish in the final
Personal life
Lavin was in a relationship with rally driver Craig Breen, until his death in a rallying accident in April 2023.
References
- ^ Sarah Lavin at World Athletics
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Lavin breaks 100m record and is now Ireland's fastest woman". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (4 September 2023). "Sarah Lavin breaks Phil Healy's Irish 100m record". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Rhasidat Adeleke runs fastest ever 100m by an Irish woman". The Irish News. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
- Sarah Lavin at World Athletics
- Sarah Lavin at Olympedia
- Sarah Lavin at Olympics.com
- Sarah Lavin at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
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