Mark Carroll to Enter Athletics Ireland Hall of Fame
Mark Carroll to be Inducted into Athletics Ireland Hall of Fame
National Athletics Awards
Wednesday November 22nd
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin
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| Young Athlete of the Year 1991 | Mark Carroll, European Under 20 5000m Champion 1991 | Cover of Irish Runner Annual - December 2002 |
Athletics Ireland Release
Mark Carroll set to ENTER HALL of FAME at NATIONAL ATHLETICS AWARDS
Athletics Ireland is delighted to announce that Mark Carroll, regarded as one of Ireland’s best ever middle distance athletes, will be honoured with the Hall of Fame Award at this year’s 123.ie National Athletics Awards, on Wednesday November 22nd, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Santry, Dublin
Born in 1972 Mark grew up in Knocknaheeney, in Cork, and started his athletic education at the North Monastery, under the guidance of athletics coach Brother John Dooley
Carroll enjoyed a glittering career, announcing his arrival on the international scene by taking the European Junior Men’s 5,000m title in 1991, before going on to claim bronze in the 5,000m at the European Championships in Budapest (1998). Carroll would fulfil a lifelong ambition in the year 2000, when he won gold in the 3,000m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Ghent
Carroll also boasts a win in the prestigious Wanamaker Mile (2000), but arguably the greatest race of Carroll’s career was in Monaco in 1999, when he set the Irish 3,000m record of 7:30.36, which still stands today
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