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Paul Hession


Club :
  Athenry AC
   
Lives :
  Athenry, Co. Galway
   
Event :
  100m & 200m
   
Date of Birth :
  27 January 1983
   
Coach :
 

Stuart Hogg

     
Occupation :
  Full Time Athlete
     
Personal Bests :
  100m - 10.18
60m - 6.61

International Highlights :

60 Metres
30th European Athletics Indoor Championships 5 sf 6.66 Torino 07/03/2009
29th European Indoor Championships 7 f 6.68 Birmingham, GBR 04/03/2007
200 Metres
IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final 5 f 20.78 -0.3 Thessaloniki 13/09/2009
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 6 sf 20.48 0.3 Berlin 19/08/2009
6th IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2 f 20.58 -0.1 Stuttgart 14/09/2008
The XXIX Olympic Games 5 sf 20.38 0.1 Beijing (National Stadium) 19/08/2008
5th IAAF World Athletics Final 8 f 20.58 1.3 Stuttgart 23/09/2007
11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 6 sf 20.50 -0.4 Osaka 29/08/2007

On 15th November 2008 Paul was awarded the coveted titles Track Athlete of the Year and the highly prestigious Athlete of the Year at the annual Athletics Association of Ireland awards dinner.

Paul is the fastest man in Irish sprint history and is the current Irish record holder from 60 metres to 200 metres.

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