Brendan Boyce

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| image= 2013 IAAF World Championship in Moscow 50 km Men Walk Brendan BOYCE and Jean-Jacques NKOULOUKIDI 01.JPG

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| caption= Boyce (left) in Moscow (2013)

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|10|15}}

| birth_place= Milford, County Donegal, Ireland

| height={{height|m=1.83}}

| weight={{cvt|76|kg}}

| country= {{IRL}}

| sport =racewalking

|club=Letterkenny Athletics Club

| event= 20 km walk
50 km walk

|pb = 20km: 1:24:38
50km: 3:48:55{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ireland/brendan-boyce-14327130 |title=Brendan Boyce |publisher=World Athletics |accessdate=1 May 2021}}

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Brendan Boyce (born 15 October 1986) is an Irish race walker. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk, coming 29th, and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he came 25th.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ireland/brendan-boyce-254889#honours |title=Honours |work=IAFF |accessdate=19 August 2016}} He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50k walk where he finished in the top twenty, bettering his performance of the previous Olympiad.{{cite news |url=http://www.donegaldaily.com/2016/08/19/brilliant-boyce-delivers-super-performance-to-finish-in-worlds-top-20/ |title=Brilliant Boyce delivers super performance to finish in World's Top 20 |work=Donegal Daily |date=19 August 2016}} In 2021, he represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 10th in the men's 50 kilometres walk.{{Cite web |title=Athletics - Final Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-50km-race-walk-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-07 |work=Tokyo 2020 |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722145536/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-50km-race-walk-fnl-000100-.htm |archive-date=22 July 2021}}

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{IRL}}
rowspan=2\|2011 \|European Race Walking Cup \|Olhão, Portugal \|27th \|20 km walk \|1:32:17
Universiade \|London, United Kingdom \|15th \|20 km walk \|1:29:48
rowspan=2\|2012 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Saransk, Russia \|63rd \|20 km walk \|1:27:46
Olympic Games \|London, United Kingdom \|29th \|50 km walk \|3:55:01
rowspan=2\|2013 \|European Race Walking Cup \|Dudince, Slovakia \|35th \|20 km walk \|1:28:56
World Championships \|Moscow, Russia \|25th \|50 km walk \|3:54:24
rowspan=2\|2014 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Taicang, China \|77th \|20 km walk \|1:26:55
European Championships \|Zürich, Switzerland \|16th \|50 km walk \|3:51:34
rowspan=2\|2015 \|European Race Walking Cup \|Murcia, Spain \|27th \|20 km walk \|1:26:47
World Championships \|Beijing, China \| — \|50 km walk \|DQ
rowspan=2\|2016 \|World Race Walking team championships \|Rome, Italy \|63rd \|20 km walk \|1:25:38
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|19th \|50 km walk \|3:53:59
rowspan=1\|2017 \|European Race Walking Cup \|Poděbrady, Czech Republic \|4th \|50 km walk \|3:49:49
rowspan=1\|2019 \|World Athletics Championships \|Doha, Qatar \|6th \|50 km walk \|4:07:46
rowspan=1\|2021 \|2020 Summer Olympics \|Sapporo, Japan \|10th \|50 km walk \|3:53:40

colspan="6"|Representing {{IRL}}

rowspan=2|2011

|European Race Walking Cup

|Olhão, Portugal

|27th

|20 km walk

|1:32:17

Universiade

|London, United Kingdom

|15th

|20 km walk

|1:29:48