Robert Heffernan

Robert Heffernan ( born February 28, 1978 in Cork) is an Irish touring.

At the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001, he finished in the 20 km walk on the 14th place at the European Championships in Munich in 2002 he was eighth. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, he scored a sixth place. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he was eighth.

His hitherto successful were the contests. During the European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain, where he finished fourth on both the 20km and over the 50km distance and thus a medal just missed With a time of 3:45:30 h over 50 km, it also made it to a new Irish national record. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 he reached a personal best of 3:37:54 h in fourth place on 50 km.

At the Track Weltmeisterschaften_2013 Heffernan celebrated his biggest success so far. With a Weltjahresbestzeit of 3:37:56 h, he won the gold medal.