David McCarthy (long-distance runner)
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| Born | August 3, 1988  Waterford |
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| Residence | Ballinamult, Waterford | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Ireland |
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| Club | West Waterford AC | ||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Ray Treacy | ||||||||||||
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David McCarthy (born 3 August 1988 in Waterford, Ireland) is a middle-distance athlete with international medals already to his name.
After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009,[1] McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish medal of the Championships. [2]
McCarthy's third-place finish saw him beaten by gold-medallist Mohamed Elbendir of Spain and French athlete Noureddine Smaïl - both of whom were African-born.[3]
Coached by Ray Treacy, brother of 1984 Olympic marathon silver-medallist John Treacy, McCarthy as of the 2009-10 semester attends Providence College.[4]
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