| Hannah Irwin | |
| Nationality: | Northern Ireland |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long-distance running |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1998 |
| Pb: | 3000m 9:11:98 (Watford, 2023) 5000m 15:40:47 (Manchester, 2023) 10,000m 32:25.34 (London, 2022) Half-marathon 1:11:05 (Larne, 2023) |
Hannah Irwin (born 23 June 1998) is a British long-distance runner. She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games over 10,000m representing Northern Ireland. That year, she set a new Northern Irish national record for the 10,000m. In 2023, she set a new Northern Irish national record for the half marathon.[1]
From Cambridge, Irwin studied English with Creative Writing at Surrey University, and writes poetry in her spare time. Irwin recovered from an anaemia diagnosis in 2017.[2] In 2020 Irwin write about overcoming problems with disordered eating when she was younger.[3]
Irwin made her British debut in June 2022 at the European 10,000m Cup, where the British team came home with a bronze medal.[4] Prior to that, Irwin had run a new personal best and set a new Northern Ireland record of 32:25.34 for the 10,000m competing at the Night of the 10,000m PBs at Parliament Hill in May 2022.[5] [6] In June 2022 Irwin set a new 5000m personal best of 15:45.87 at the Woodside Stadium in Watford.[7]
Irwin was selected as path of the Northern Ireland squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[8] However, she did not finish the 10,000m race at the event.[9] She was later diagnosed with a metatarsal fracture which prevented her competing for several months.[10]
In August 2023, she broke the Northern Irish national record for the half marathon, running 1:11:05 in County Antrim.[11]