Emily Maher
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 May 1981 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 60m, 100 m, 200 m |
| Club | KHC |
Emily Maher (born 2 May 1981 in Kilkenny) is an Irish retired athlete who specialised in the sprinting events.[2] She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2006 World Indoor Championships. She won the sprint double, 100m and 200m at the World Youth Olympics in Moscow 1998. Emily was coached by Linford Christie and is the first Irish person to reach a sprint final at a major championship (World Juniors Chile 1999)
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Ireland | |||||
| 1998 | World Youth Games | Moscow, Russia | 1st | 100 m | 11.93 |
| 1st | 200 m | 24.16 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 20th (qf) | 200 m | 24.28 | |
| 1999 | European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 4th | 100 m | 11.72 |
| 4th | 200 m | 23.70 | |||
| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 7th | 100 m | 11.73 |
| 6th | 200 m | 24.00 | |||
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 16th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.24 | |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 8th | 100 m | 11.93 |
| 6th | 200 m | 23.80 | |||
| 2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 20th (h) | 100 m | 11.95 |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 23rd (h) | 60 m | 7.60 |
| Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 23.89 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.69 | |||
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.10 | |||
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 15th (sf) | 60 m | 7.37 |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.40 (+2.0 m/s) (Bedford 2000)
- 200 metres – 23.34 (-0.6 m/s) (Dublin 2000)
- 400 metres – 53.61 (2000)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.36 (Belfast 2006)
- 200 metres – 24.00 (Belfast 2003)
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emily Maher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Emily Maher at World Athletics