Louise Shanahan
ATHLETICS
Louise Shanahan was born in Cork in 1997. She was introduced to athletics by her dad, a former international 800m runner. At age 9, Louise joined her local athletic club, Leevale AC, because she couldn’t make her primary school athletic team. She has since gone on to win National 800m and 1500m titles as well as qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Louise is also a full time Biophysics PhD student at the University of Cambridge.She hopes to finish her PhD before the Paris 2024 Olympics.
