Rosemary Ryan

Rosemary Ryan
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ireland
World Cross Country Championships
2002 Dublin Team
European Cross Country Championships
2003 Edinburgh Team

Rosemary Ryan (born 8 November 1975) is a retired Irish long-distance runner who was on the Ireland 2000 Summer Olympics team. Born in Limerick, she attended the University of Limerick between 1996 and 1998.[1] She competed for Ireland five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in a period from 1999 to 2006.[2]

Running career

She competed for Boston University where she was an All-American.[3]

Ryan competed at 2000 Olympics in the 5000 metres where she finished in eighth place in her heat race.[1]

In 2001, she competed in the World University Games finishing fourth.[4]

In 2002 she won a team bronze medal at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships for the short race.[5]

In 2003, the competed in the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the Irish national half marathon title (a title she also won in 1999).[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Rosemary Ryan. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-02-01.
  2. ↑ Rosemary Ryan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Former Terrier Star Rosemary Ryan Named To Irish Olympic Team - GoTerriers.com - Official Home of Boston University Athletics". GoTerriers.com. 2000-08-24. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Former Terrier Runner Rosemary Ryan Places Fourth at World University Games - GoTerriers.com - Official Home of Boston University Athletics". GoTerriers.com. 2001-09-07. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  5. ↑ "ATHLETICS: THIRD WORLD; Ireland take cross country bronze thanks to super Sonia. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  6. ↑ "National Road Champions for Irel". Arrs.net. 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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