Gillian O'Sullivan

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Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for Ireland
World Championships
Silver	2003 Paris	20 km walk

Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976 in Killarney) is an Irish race walker. She has held the world record in the 5000m walk since 2002 and won a silver medal at the world championship in 2003 over 20km.She was also the first Irish athlete to win a medal in the walk at an Athletics Championship. Gillian who is a secondary school teacher in Cork was one of the main contenders for Ireland to win a a medal in the Olympics in Athens in 2004 in the 20km walk but suffered an injury just before the games that prevented her from taking part.

Gillian retired on April 19th 2007 after frustrating years of injuries.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	10th	20 km
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	20 km
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	20 km
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	8th	20 km