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Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as in the sprint events and mainly specialises in the 400 m.
.jpg) Becker in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1997 Wexford, Ireland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Dublin City University (BSc) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.13 (Belfast, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record.[2]
Becker is from Ballykelly in County Wexford where she competed in underage gaelic football for Horeswood GAA.[3] She later attended St Mary's secondary school in New Ross.
She graduated with a degree in genetics and cell biology from Dublin City University.
She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[4] She took part in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
She was part of the Irish women's relay team that qualified for the final of the women's 4x400m relay in Budapest at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[6]
She ran at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team which reached the final in Glasgow.[7][8] She ran as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] She finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[10]
She was selected for the Ireland team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships to run the individual 400 metres and the relay.[11] The women's 4x400m relay team qualified fastest for the final, with the team before ultimately going on to win the silver medal in a national record time of 3:22.71.[12][13] Later that month, she won the Irish Championships 400 metres title in Dublin.[14] In July 2024, she qualified for the individual 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[15]
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