Sarah Healy (born 13 February 2001 in Monkstown) is an Irish

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. She won gold for the 1500m and

3000m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

at the

2018 European Athletics U18 Championships The 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Győr, Hungary from 5 to 8 July at the Olympic Sport Park. Me ...

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. Healy also won silver in the 1500m the following year. She won the Irish National Cross Country Championships in November 2022. In June 2023, she won the 1500m race at the

Paavo Nurmi Games The Paavo Nurmi Games is an annual track and field meet that takes place at Paavo Nurmi Stadium in Turku, Finland. It was first held in 1957. The competition has been part of the IAAF World Challenge since 2017. Meeting records Men Women Re ...

. In August 2023, Healy qualified for the

semi-finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

of the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres. In February 2024, Healy broke the Irish Indoor 3000m record in Metz and the Irish Indoor 1500m record in Lievin.

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* * * * 2001 births Living people Irish female middle-distance runners Irish female cross country runners Athletes from County Dublin Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland 21st-century Irish women {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub