David Gillick

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David Gillick (born July 9, 1983 in Dublin) is Irish international track and field athlete. He is currently a student at Dublin Institute of Technology. Gillick specializes in the 400 metres.

1 Career
2 Major Medals
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Career

Gillick first ran for Ireland at the European Athletics U23 Championships in 2003, however it was not a successful to the international scene for Gillick. At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships Gillick won a bronze medal as part of the Irish 4x400 metres relay team (along with Robert Daly, David McCarthy and Gary Ryan). Despite improving his personal best, Gillick did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In the 2005 European Indoor Championships Gillick produced two outstanding runs to first win his heat and then win the Gold Medal in a personal best time of 46.30, beating the favourite, Spain's David Canal, into second place. It was Ireland's First gold medal in a sprinting event in 75 years. Injury forced Gillick to miss the 2005 World outdoor Championships.

In 2006 Gillick again suffered an injury hit season but did win the Irish national Championship in a time of 45.67. He qualified with ease through the first round at the 2006 European Championships before running poorly in his semi final and being eliminated.