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Lauren Cadden (born 7 June 2000) is an Irish sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 53.38 (Belfast, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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From Skreen in County Sligo,[2] she has four brothers and played Gaelic Football before concentrating on athletics. She attended Ursuline College Sligo and studied Health Science and Physical Activity at ATU Sligo.[3]
A member of Sligo Athletics Club,[4] in February 2024, she was selected to run for Ireland at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[5][6]
In April 2024, she lowered her personal best over 400 metres to 54.22 in Belfast.[7] She later lowered it again to 53.38 to win the Irish Universities Championships hosted by Queen’s University at the Mary Peters track in Belfast.[8][9]
She ran as part of the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[10][11]
She was selected for the Irish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[12] She ran as part of the women's 4x400m relay team that qualified fastest for the final, with the team ultimately going on to win silver.[13][14]
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