Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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Ireland
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) is an Irish athlete who competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Jessie is from
Dunmore East in Waterford and she attended the local girls primary school, the Light of Christ National School. She also attended the Ursuline Convent (St Angela's School), Waterford. Her parents are Thomas and Martina Barr. She has a sister Becky and she is the older sister of hurdler
Thomas Barr.
Career
She currently lives in
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
. She competed for Ireland in the
London Olympics. In the 400 metres hurdles she has also been a
European Athletics Championship Finalist, a
World University Games Finalist and she is the Irish U23 Record holder.
She was forced to lay off her training in 2014 following a stress fracture to her foot so she finished her Masters in Sports Psychology at the
University of the West of England
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The institution was know as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1970; it received university status in 1992 and ...
. She moved back to her training group in Limerick, Ireland in September 2014 and started her PhD in Sport Psychology.
References
External links
IAAF Profile
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1989 births
Living people
Olympic athletes for Ireland
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes from the Republic of Ireland
Sportspeople from Waterford (city)
Irish female sprinters
Olympic female sprinters
Athletes from County Waterford