Sarah Lavin Explained

Sarah Lavin
Full Name:	Sarah Kate Lavin
Birth Date:	28 May 1994
Birth Place:	Lisnagry, Limerick, Ireland
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Education:	University College Dublin

Sarah Kate Lavin (born 28 May 1994) is an Irish athlete specialising in the high hurdles. 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.^[1]

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).^{[2] [3] [4]}

International competitions

Representing
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	18th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.90^1
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	bgcolor=silver	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	44.68^2
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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results . Tokyo 2020 . . 31 July 2021 . 31 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731041601/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-hurdles-rnd1-000200-.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Sarah Lavin breaks 100m record and is now Ireland’s fastest woman . 2023-09-05 . The Irish Times . en.
3. Web site: Dennehy . Cathal . 2023-09-04 . Sarah Lavin breaks Phil Healy's Irish 100m record . 2023-09-05 . Irish Examiner . en.
4. Web site: 2024-04-28 . Rhasidat Adeleke runs fastest ever 100m by an Irish woman . 2024-07-27 . The Irish News . en.