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| Full name | Gráinne Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1993 Wexford, Ireland[1] |
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | High Performance Centre UL / Limerick SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gráinne Murphy is an Irish swimmer representing Ireland at international level.
Murphy hails from Ballinaboola, New Ross, County Wexford. Murphy is an accomplished junior athlete, and three gold medals and one bronze at the 2009 European Junior Swimming Championships [2] and was awarded Texaco Young Sportstar Award 2009.[3]
Murphy has also been successful at senior level, winning a silver medal in the 1,500 metres Freestyle at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, ahead of Erika Villaécija García and behind '09 World Championship silver medallist, Lotte Friis. She is also the current holder of the Irish record for that event.[4]
Murphy then competed in the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Eindhoven. She took bronze in 400 m freestyle behind Melanie Costa and Ágnes Mutina. She also claimed bronze in the 800 m freestyle, behind Federica Pelligrini and Boglárka Kapás.She was shortlisted for RTÉ Sports Person of the Year in 2010.[5]
On 3 December 2011, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[6]