Ciara Mageen pictured above during her heat (4:03.03)
of the women's 1500m, which she won. The small image
was taken on the first lap.
2022 European Athletics Championships.
Munich, Germany.
Final women's 1,500 metres.
** She achieved a huge personal best of 3:56.63 in the Brussel's Diamond
League on 30th September 2022 bettering her previous fastest time of
4:00.15, set in the 2019 World Championships final in Qatar.
In 2024 she won the European 1500m Championship in Rome, the first
individual Irish European champion since Sonia O'Sullivan.
Ciara Mageena died on 1st November 2026 aged 34 from cancer.