Fionnuala Britton
Fionnuala Britton (* September 24 1984 in Wicklow ) is an Irish long-distance runner and obstacle.
At the World Cross Country Championships she finished 2004 in Brussels on the long haul and 2005 in Saint- Galmier on the short distance each 75th place. In 2006, she retired from the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg over 3000 m steeplechase in the run and won at the European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano silver in the U23 race.
In 2007 she arrived at the Cross Country Championships in Mombasa on the 14th place, was at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka Twelfth over 3000 m steeplechase and at the Cross Country Championships in Toro seventh. The following year, she ran in the Cross Country World Cup 2008 in Edinburgh on a rank 36; at the Olympic Games in Beijing, she came over 3000 m steeplechase not go beyond the first round.
In 2010 she was at the European Championships in Barcelona Eleventh than 3,000 m steeplechase and fourth in the Cross Country Championships in Albufeira. In the Cross Country Championships 2011 in Punta Umbria, she ran to 16th place, and at the Great Ireland Run, she was the total Seventh national champion over 10 km. A lead -off over 3000 m steeplechase at the World Championships in Daegu followed in the autumn of the hitherto biggest success of her career: as the first Irish woman since Catherina McKiernan 1994, she won at the Cross Country Championships in Velenje.
In 2012 she was at the European Championships in Helsinki fourth over 10,000 m. At the Olympic Games in London, she came over the same distance to 15th place and dropped about 5000 m from the inlet port. In December, she succeeded at the Cross Country Championships in Szentendre not only the first athlete defend the title, she also won the Irish team gold in the team competition.
2013 she won the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg Bronze 3000 m, finished at the Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz on the 14th place and finished fourth at the Cross Country Championships in Belgrade.
So far she has ever been twice Irish champion in cross country (2007, 2008) and over 3000 m steeplechase (2008, 2009) and once in the 10 - km road race ( 2011). 2013, it was national champion in the indoor 1,500 meters.