Darragh McElhinney

His father Tony is involved with Glengarriff GAA, and Darragh played as a youngster helping Beara win the U16 county Premier 1 football championship final, but stopped in 2016 to concentrate on athletics.[2] In 2017, aged 16 years-old he broke John Treacy's outdoor youth 3000 metres record that had stood since 1974, running 8:18.18.[3] He set a new personal best time of 14:06.05 to win bronze in the 5000 metres at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden.[2] In 2021, McElhinney, was second in the 2021 European Cross Country Championships under-23 race staged at Abbotstown, also winning the U23 team gold with Ireland.[5] In March 2022, he made his senior international debut at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
University College DublinIrelandAthleticsMiddle-long-distance runningEuropean Cross Country Championships2021 Dublin2022 TurinU23 TeamEuropean U20 Championships2019 Borås5000 mmiddleCounty CorkGlengarriff GAAJohn Treacy3000 metres5000 metres2019 European Athletics U20 ChampionshipsBoråsmile race2021 European Cross Country ChampionshipsAbbotstown2022 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade2022 European Athletics Championships2023 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul2024 Copernicus CupRTÉ One