Olive Loughnane

Mary Olive Loughnane ( Cork , January 14 1976 ) is an Irish fast walker . She was multiple Irish champion in this discipline. In total, they took four times at the Olympics, but this did not win any medals.

Contents

 * 1 Biography
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 Personal bests
 * 4 Honours
 * 4.1 20km race walk

Biography
Her greatest success achieved Loughnane at the World Championships 2009 in Berlin, where she in 1: 28.58 silver medal won in the 20 kilometer race walk behind Olga Kaniskina (gold - 1: 28.09) and Liu Hong (bronze - 1: 29.10). In this competition was initially a breakaway with Kaniskina, Plätzer and Kirdyapkina, but they were overtaken by Loughnane and Liu. To solve the end knew Loughnane Liu, Kaniskina - reigning Olympic and world champion - but remained well out of reach.

Loughnane is considered a late bloomer; her first medal in a major tournament title they won indeed at its 33rd and after 2006 became mother of a daughter. Before she became a mother, her best performance was a twelfth place at the World Championships in 2003 and eighth at the European Cup Race Walking in the same year. In 2008, she left all that they had put a step forward by being seventh in the Beijing Olympics and sixth at the World Race Walking .

Olive Loughnane is affiliated with the Loughrea Athletic Club.

Titles

 * Irish champion 5000 meters race walk: 1999, 2004, 2005
 * Irish champion's 20 km walk: 1998, 2004, 2005

Personal records
Outdoor Indoor

20 km race walk

 * 1999 91st World Cup - 1: 48.04
 * 2000: 35th OG - 1: 38.23
 * 2001: 13th World Cup - 1: 35.24
 * 2002: 13th European Championships - 1: 33.08
 * 2003: 8th European Cup - 1: 30.29
 * 2003: 12th World Cup - 1: 30.53
 * 2004: DNF OS
 * 2005: DQ Cup
 * 2007: 17th World Cup - 1: 36.00
 * 2008: 6th World Cup - 1: 29.17
 * 2008: 7th OS - 1: 27.45
 * 2009:  World Cup - 1: 28.58
 * 2011: 16th World Cup - 1: 34.02
 * 2012: 8th World Cup - 1: 31.32
 * 2012: OS 13 - 1: 29.39