Linda Byrne (born 13 May 1986) is an Irish
long distance runner who won team gold for Ireland at the
2012 European Cross Country Championships in
Budapest
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. Finishing eighth overall in the women's senior race, Byrne's gold-medal-winning teammates were
Fionnuala Britton
Fionnuala McCormack (née Britton; born 24 September 1984 in Wicklow) is an Irish runner who has competed at a range of distance running events. She was the gold medallist at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has repr ...
,
Ava Hutchinson
Ava Hutchinson (born 30 March 1983) is an Irish long distance runner who won team gold for Ireland at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships in Budapest. Her gold-medal-winning teammates were Fionnuala Britton, Linda Byrne, Lizzie Lee ...
, Lizzie Lee,
Sara Treacy and Sarah McCormack.
She is an Olympian having competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
marathon
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.
She finished in 66th place with a time of 2:37:13.
References
External links
IAAF ProfileRTE Profile
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
Irish female long-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Ireland
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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