Pauline Curley (athlete) explained

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Pauline Curley
Birth Date:10 March 1969
Birth Place:Killeigh, County Offaly, Ireland
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Club:Tullamore Harriers (IRL)
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Pauline Curley (born 10 March 1969 in Birr) is an Irish marathon runner.[1] At age thirty-nine, she represented Ireland for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's marathon. She ran and finished the race in sixty-third place, with a time of 2:47:16.[2] [3] She also achieved her personal best, when she placed ninth at the 2008 Fortis Marathon in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a time of 2:39:05. On 25 August 2013 she ran Longford Marathon, Ireland with a time of 2:44:22.[4]

In October 2015 she was the fastest Irish woman in the Dublin marathon.

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Notes and References

  1. Pauline Curley. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/pauline-curley-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 27 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Women's Marathon. NBC Olympics. 27 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073356/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW099100/standings.html. 21 August 2012.
  3. News: Foley. Cliona. Mixed emotions for Paula and Pauline after marathon effort. Independent Ireland. 18 August 2008. 27 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Longford Marathon . Longford Marathon . 2013-10-04.