Phil Healy
Irish sprinter (born 1994)
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Phil Healy (born 19 November 1994) is an Irish athlete competing in sprinting events.[2] From Ballineen in County Cork,[1] her sister Joan Healy is also a sprinter.[3]
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bandon A.C | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
A member of Bandon Athletics Club, Healy reportedly "began to fully focus on [athletics]" as a teenager.[4] A video of Phil Healy winning the final leg of the 4 x 400 metre Irish University Championships in 2016 went viral around the world.[5] Her winning run has been described as one of the best athletics comebacks of all time.[6][7][8] As she turns into the homestretch, having closed much of an 80-metre gap with the lead runners, the commentator is heard to shout "UCC from the depths of hell are powering through".[9][10]
She set an Irish 200m national record in July 2018. In the 2018 European Championships, she placed fourth with a time of 23.23.[11]
In a team which included Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker and Sharlene Mawdsley, Healy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Championships.[12] Healy was also a member of the Irish team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[13]
International competitions
1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.28 (+2.0 m/s, Dublin 2018)[14]
- 200 metres – 22.99 (0.0 m/s, Cork 2018)[15]
- 400 metres – 51.50 (Belfast 2021)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.31 (Athlone 2017)
- 200 metres – 23.10 (Athlone 2020)
- 400 metres – 51.94 (Torun 2021)
