Seán Aigboboh
Irish sprinter (born 2005)
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Seán Aigboboh (born 22 October 2005) is an Irish-Nigerian sprinter. In 2026, he set an Irish national record of 20.27 seconds for the 200 metres. The previous year, he was part of an Irish national record setting men's 4 x 100 metres relay team.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 22 October 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
| College team |  Houston Cougars |
| Club | Tallaght AC |
| Coached by | Carl Lewis |
Biography
A Tallaght Athletics Club member he was coached by Daniel Kilgallon.[2] In June 2023 while representing The High School, Dublin, Aigboboh won the senior 100 metres title at the All-Ireland Schools Championships in Tullamore, setting a new personal best time of 10.67 to win the title.[3]
In February 2024, Aigboboh placed third overall with a new personal best time of 6.77 in the 60 metres final at the Irish Indoor Championships.[4] That summer, Aigboboh also finishes third with a new personal best time of 10.39 seconds for the 100 metres at the senior Irish Championships at the age of 18 years-old.[2][5] Aigboboh competed for Ireland at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, and was a finalist with the men's 4 x 100 m relay team and reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres.[6][7][2]
Aigboboh competed for Ireland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, in June 2025.[8] Running alongside Michael Farrelly, Marcus Lawler and Israel Olatunde, he set a new Irish 4 x 100 metres relay national record.[9][10] In July, he won the Irish U23 national title over 100 metres.[11] In August at the senior 2025 Irish Championships, Aigboboh, Joseph Ojewumi, Joseph Finnegan Murphy and Dubem Amah combined to win the Irish 4 x 100m relay title for Tallaght in 41.66 seconds.[12] He was also runner-up to Bori Akinola over 100 metres at the championships.[13]
Competing for the University of Houston in the United States at the Penn Relays in April 2026, Aigboboh ran a new personal best time of 10.27 seconds for the 100 metres.[14] That month, he set a personal best of 20.54 seconds for the 200 metres while competing in Texas.[15] On 30 April, Aigboboh set a new Irish national record in the 200 metres to win the Cameron Burrell Invitational with a wind-legal time of 20.27 seconds (+2.0m/s) in Houston, surpassing the previous national senior record of 20.30 set by Paul Hession in 2007.[16][2] In July, he ran 20.63 seconds to finish second in the 200 metres to Ebuka Nwokeji at the Cork City Sports in Ireland.[17] At the Irish Championships on 25 July, he placed second to Benjamin Richardson in the 200 metres.[18]