Stephen Scullion
.jpg) Scullion in the 2017 London Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish / Northern Irish |
| Born | 9 November 1988 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Home town | Belfast |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | marathon, half marathon, 10000 metres, 3000 metres |
| Club | Dark Sky Distance |
| Coached by | Stephen Haas |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Marathon: 02:09:25 (London 2020) |
Stephen Scullion (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish middle-distance and long-distance runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]Scullion was born in Belfast and attended Wellington College.[2]
Athletic career
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Scullion was selected for Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 1500m and 5000m, but missed out due to illness.[3] He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships and in the 10000 m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
At the 2019 Houston Marathon he finished tenth in a personal best, despite taking a wrong turn and being corrected by a member of the public. He qualified for the 2019 World Championships and for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5] Scullion finished second in the 2019 Dublin Marathon and eleventh in the 2020 London Marathon.[6][7][8]
He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, but did not finish the race.[9]
He represented Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he finished 10th in the men's marathon event.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "European Athletics - Athlete: Stephen Scullion". european-athletics.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian. "Operation Transformation: from couch drunk to Tokyo Olympian". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Scullion ruled out of Delhi Games". 29 September 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Stadium, Ian O’Riordan at Morton. "Stephen Scullion targets marathon in Doha after Santry success". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info.
- ^ Kilraine, John (27 October 2019). "Winner of Dublin marathon completes race in record time". rte.ie.
- ^ "Leaderboard KM". London Marathon. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Stephen Scullion takes more than two minutes off marathon PB to finish 11th in London". The 42. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's Marathon Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Marathon - Men's Marathon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Stephen Scullion at World Athletics
- Stephen Scullion at Olympedia
- Stephen Scullion at Olympics.com
- Stephen Scullion at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- Stephen Scullion on Instagram
- Strava page at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2019)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Athletes from the Republic of Ireland
- Irish male long-distance runners
- Irish male marathon runners
- Athletes from Belfast
- People educated at Wellington College Belfast
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ireland
- 20th-century Irish people
- 21st-century Irish people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games