Tom McGuirk (born 2 March 1971 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Irish athlete who specialised in the

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. He represented his country at the

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and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. His personal best in the event is 49.73 seconds set in San José, Costa Rica in 1996. Nowadays he operates a bar in

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, with his older brother Patrick.Where cowboys and fishermen collide
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1971 births Living people Track and field athletes from San Francisco Irish male hurdlers American male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland People from Half Moon Bay, California Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub