David McCarthy (long-distance runner)

{{short description|Irish distance runner (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = David McCarthy

|image =

|imagesize =

|alias =

|club = West Waterford AC

|event = 5000 metres

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|08|03}}

|birth_place = Waterford

|height = {{height|m=1.80}}

|collegeteam = Providence College

|coaching = Ray Treacy

|updated = 12 Jan 2010

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{IRL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Under-23 Athletics Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|Kaunas 2009|5000m}}

}}

David McCarthy (born 3 August 1988 in Waterford, Ireland) is a middle-distance athlete who has won international medals.

After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009,{{cite news

| title = National Award for David McCarthy

| url = http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6058&Itemid=11030&ed=616

| publisher = Waterford Today

}} McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish medal of the Championships.

{{cite news

|title = Radio interview with David McCarthy

|url = http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=8545

|publisher = Athletics Ireland

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090718195801/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=8545

|archivedate = 2009-07-18

}}

McCarthy's third-place finish saw him beaten by gold-medallist Mohamed Elbendir of Spain and French athlete Noureddine Smaïl - both of whom were African-born.{{cite news

| title = EAA Results Website

| url = http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007&comp_id=46552&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en#round0170040

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090719053106/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000300000007&comp_id=46552&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en#round0170040

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 19 July 2009

| publisher = European Athletics Association/sportresult.com

}}

Coached by Ray Treacy, brother of 1984 Olympic marathon silver-medallist John Treacy, McCarthy as of the 2009-10 semester attends Providence College.{{cite news

| title = Friars.com article

| url = http://www.friars.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/071609aaa.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194042/http://www.friars.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/071609aaa.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 3 March 2016

| publisher = friars.com

}}