Michaela Walsh (athlete)

Michaela Walsh (born 17 September 1998) is an Irish junior record-holding[1] hammer thrower and shotputter from Midfield, Swinford, County Mayo.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

This article is about the Irish athlete. For the Northern Irish boxer, see Michaela Walsh.

Athletics career

Walsh's first experience at international competitions was at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht in 2013, where she finished tenth in the final. A year later, she qualified for the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she attained sixth place in the shot-put final with 15.69 m.[4] In 2015 she participated in the World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, and finishing ninth in the shot put and tenth with the hammer. A year later, she finished in eleventh place in the shot put with 14.73 m, at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In 2017, while ranked fourth in the hammer and sixth in the shot,[6] she entered the European U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy, and winning bronze in the hammer with a throw of 61.27 meters.[7][8] In addition, she finished in seventh place in the shot put.[8][2]

In 2017 and 2018, Walsh became Irish Indoor Champion in Shot Put.

Results
  • Shot Put: 16.13 m, 17 June 2017 in Bedford
    • Shot Put (Indoor): 15.36 m, 17 February 2018 in Abbotstown
  • Hammer: 63.01 m, 1 July 2017 in Tullamore

Awards
  • Mayo Association Dublin - Mayo Young Person of the Year Award[3]

References
  1. Dennehy, Cathal (5 June 2017). "Walsh stars as schools records tumble". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "European Athletics U20 Championships - Grosseto 2017". european-athletics.org. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. "Swinford athlete Michaela Walsh is interviewed by Angelina Nugent after being presented with the Mayo Young Person of the Year Award by the Mayo Association Dublin tonight". The Connaught Telegraph. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018 – via facebook.
  4. "Swinford athlete Michaela Walsh is Young Mayo Person of the Year 2018". Connaught Telegraph. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. "Michaela Walsh Smashes Irish Junior Hammer Record". athleticsireland.ie. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. Dennehy, Cathal (3 June 2017). "Walsh: Football is never going to get you what athletics can". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. Roche, Cian (22 July 2017). "5th Time's A Charm As Michaela Walsh Wins Bronze In The Hammer Throw". Balls.ie. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. "Michaela Walsh delighted with 'unreal' European U-20 hammer bronze". RTÉ Sport. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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