Birth Date: | 1986 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Milford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland |
Sport: | racewalking |
Club: | Letterkenny Athletics Club |
Event: | 20 km walk 50 km walk |
Pb: | 20km: 1:24:38 50km: 3:48:55[1] |
Brendan Boyce (born 15 October 1986) is an Irish race walker. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk, coming 29th, and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he came 25th.[2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk where he finished in the top twenty, bettering his performance of the previous Olympiad.[3] In 2021, he represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 10th in the men's 50 kilometres walk.[4]
Representing | ||||||
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2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 27th | 20 km walk | 1:32:17 | |
Universiade | London, United Kingdom | 15th | 20 km walk | 1:29:48 | ||
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 63rd | 20 km walk | 1:27:46 | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 29th | 50 km walk | 3:55:01 | ||
2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 35th | 20 km walk | 1:28:56 | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 25th | 50 km walk | 3:54:24 | ||
2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 77th | 20 km walk | 1:26:55 | |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 16th | 50 km walk | 3:51:34 | ||
2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 27th | 20 km walk | 1:26:47 | |
Beijing, China | — | 50 km walk | DQ | |||
2016 | World Race Walking team championships | Rome, Italy | 63rd | 20 km walk | 1:25:38 | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 19th | 50 km walk | 3:53:59 | ||
2017 | European Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady, Czech Republic | 4th | 50 km walk | 3:49:49 | |
2019 | World Athletics Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 50 km walk | 4:07:46 | |
2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Sapporo, Japan | 10th | 50 km walk | 3:53:40 |