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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wexford, Ireland[1] | 16 May 1997||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.13 (Belfast, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as sprinter. She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record.[2]
Career
She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[3] She took part in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
She was part of the Irish women's relay team that qualified for the final of the women's 4x400m relay in Budapest at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[5]
She ran at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team which reached the final in Glasgow.[6][7] She ran as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] She finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[9]
She was selected for the Ireland team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships to run the individual 400 metres and the relay.[10] The women's 4x400m relay team qualified fastest for the final, with the team before ultimately going on to win the silver medal in a national record time of 3:22.71.[11][12]
References
- ^ #154 - Sophie Becker, Sleep Eat Perform Repeat, 10 January 2022
- ^ "Sophie Becker – Racing Ahead with DCU". Shaping the Future. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Team Ireland | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (26 August 2023). "Ireland make women's 4x400 metre relay final at World Athletics Championships". Irish Times. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Lavin spearheads Ireland team at upcoming World Indoor Championships in Glasgow". RTE. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4x400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (2 June 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (28 May 2024). "Ciara Mageean and Sarah Healy in 1-2 for Ireland at Ostrava 1500m as team is named for European Championships in Rome". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Sharlene Mawdsley leads Ireland into 4x400m relay final". RTE. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Ireland win silver in women's 4x400m relay". BBC Sport. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
External links
- Sophie Becker at World Athletics
- Sophie Becker at Olympics.com
- Sophie Becker at Olympedia
- Sophie Becker at the Olympic Federation of Ireland