Peter O'Donoghue (athlete)
New Zealand and Australian athlete
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Peter Gerard O'Donoghue (born 1 October 1961) is a former New Zealand and Australian athlete specialising in middle distance running.
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| Full name | Peter Gerard O'Donoghue | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1961 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
O'Donoghue was selected for the 1982 Commonwealth Games, but withdrew due to injury. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he ran in the 1500m, coming 8th in his semifinal with a time of 3:38.71. Earlier in 1984 he beat Steve Ovett on the line in a 1500m race in Melbourne. He competed for New Zealand in the 1990 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze in the 1500m with 3:35.14, and that year was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1] His personal best time for 1500m was 3:34.9. After transferring his allegiance to Australia, he ran an Australian Resident Record over 5000m of 13:23.6, with the last 800m covered in 1:56.0, but withdrew from the 1994 Commonwealth Games due to injury.
He finished second behind Kenyan Joseph Keter in the 3,000 metres event at the British 1993 AAA Championships.[2][3]
