Gary Crossan (born 20 October 1971) is a long-distance runner. He was born in

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the R ...

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. He was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny and finished college running career at

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. He is also a member of the

Letterkenny Athletic Club 'Letterkenny Athletic Club'' (LAC) is an Irish athletic club, which has produced several Olympians. Based at Aura Sports Complex in Letterkenny, County Donegal, it has a Tartan 400m running track. History Letterkenny Athletic Club was formed i ...

. Irish olympian

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is his cousin.

Achievements

Crossan has been Irish National Marathon Champion for four consecutive years. In 2002 he was the top Irish finisher at the 2002

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clocking up a time of 2:20:16 and the National Marathon Champion in

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with a time of 2:24:20. He was the top Irish finisher at the 2003

, finishing 6th overall in a time of 2:20:2

and continued his championship tally with times of 2:24:07 in 2004 and 2:23:19 in 200

He has also been Irish National Half-Marathon Champion. He won the Newry Marathon in 2008.Gary Crossan wins Newry marathon
, Donegal Democrat, 27 May 2008 Gary Crossan won the Gael Force North challenge on 4 June 2011.Garry Crossan also helps with schools in ireland to do athletics

References

1971 births Living people Irish male long-distance runners People educated at St Eunan's College Sportspeople from Letterkenny Athletes from County Donegal Irish male marathon runners {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub