Catherine McKiernan is pictured above at the 1996 Olympics, where she finished 11th in the 10000m.
Catherine McKiernan was a highly successful cross country runner, collecting four world silver medals and
a gold at the European Cross Country Championships during her career. She won the Belfast International
Cross Country twice consecutively in 1992 and 1993, became the 1994 Eurocross champion and was also
a two-time winner of Cross Internacional de Itálica (one of Spain's most prestigious meetings). She won the
1998 London Marathon.
1992
World Cross Country Championships silver medal
1993
World Cross Country Championships silver medal
1994
World Cross Country Championships silver medal
European Cross Country Championships gold medal
1995
World Cross Country Championships silver medal
1997
World Cross Country Championships team bronze medal
Berlin Marathon winner (fastest ever debut marathon by a woman)
Dublin Women's Mini Marathon winner
1998
London Marathon winner
Amsterdam Marathon winner
Dublin Women's Mini Marathon winner
Lisbon Half Marathon winner.
1999
Dublin Women's Mini Marathon winner
Paris Half Marathon winner.