Roseanne Galligan

Roseanne Galligan
Personal information
Nationality Irish
Born 9 December 1987[1]
Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland[2]
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 800 metres
Club Newbridge AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 2:00.58[3]

Roseanne Galligan (born 9 December 1987) is an Irish athlete. She competes in the 1500 metres and the 800 metres, where she is the Irish national record holder with a time of 2:00.58.[3]

Career

Galligan is a former Irish schools champion. Galligan attended university at the University of Arkansas, where she competed on the athletics team. In the distance medley relay at the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships Athletics finals, she was the opening runner on the silver medal winning team.[4] In January the following year, Galligan finished second in the final of the 1500 metres at the Irish Indoor Athletics Championships, behind Ciara McGeean.[5]

At the 2009 European Athletics Under-23 Championships, Galligan ran a personal best time of 4:14.84 to qualify for the 1500 metres final, where she finished sixth.[6][2] Just over a week later, she ran a personal best time to win the 800 metres at the BMC Gold Standard Races in Watford. Her time of 2:05.14 was an improvement of more than a second on her previous best.[7] She won the 800 metres at the Irish national championships in early August, and on August 29, won the 2009 Antwerp Athletics Gala 800 metres ahead of Camilla De Bleecker.[8][9]

Galligan qualified for the 1500 metres 2010 World Indoor Championships in Athletics held in Doha. She failed to progress further than the heats after finishing eighth.[10] In July 2010, she won the 800 metres at the AAI Senior Track and Field Championships.[11]

She missed most of 2012 due to illness, later revealed to have been low-level blood poisoning caused by her wisdom teeth.[12]

At the London Diamond League Anniversary Games on 27 July 2013, Galligan broke Sonia O'Sullivan's 19 year-old Irish national record in the 800 metres; running a time of 2:00.58, she finished sixth in the race.[3] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, Galligan failed to reach the semifinals of the 800 metres, after finishing seventh in her heat.[13]

Galligan competed at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. Despite running a season's best, she failed to progress past the first round of the 800 metres after finishing last in her heat.[14]

Personal life

Galligan works as a substitute teacher.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Roseanne Galligan". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Foley, Cliona (20 July 2009). "Athletics: Euro finals agony for Proper and Galligan". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Foley, Cliona (27 July 2013). "In Brief: Galligan breaks Sonia's national record". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Emperor retired after Wash' shock". Irish Independent. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Foley, Cliona (28 January 2008). "Athletics: Young McGeean lights up Odyssey with 1500 triumph". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Foley, Cliona (18 July 2009). "Athletics: Usain Bolts back to his best in France". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Roseanne Galligan and Derval O’Rourke in Winning Form in UK". Athletics Association of Ireland. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Illness scare for track duo". Evening Herald. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Roseanne Galligan Wins in Antwerp". Athletics Association of Ireland. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "David Gillick progresses to the World Indoor 400m final". BBC. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Kennedy books European Championships spot". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Foley, Cliona (2 December 2012). "Athletics: Galligan slams AAI on return from illness lay-off". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rose-Anne Galligan fails to reach 800m semis at World Athletics Championships". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Irish suffer whitewash on opening day in Sopot". Evening Herald. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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