Emily Maher
{{short description|Irish sprinter}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|05|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kilkenny, Ireland
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| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = 60m, 100 m, 200 m
| club = KHC
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Emily Maher (born 2 May 1981 in Kilkenny) is a retired Irish athlete who specialised in the sprinting events.{{World Athletics}} She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
Competition record
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colspan="6"|Representing {{IRL}} |
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rowspan=3|1998
|rowspan=2|World Youth Games |rowspan=2|Moscow, Russia |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.93 |
bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m |24.16 |
World Junior Championships
|20th (qf) |200 m |
rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|European Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Riga, Latvia |4th |100 m |11.72 |
4th
|200 m |23.70 |
rowspan=3|2000
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Santiago, Chile |7th |100 m |
6th
|200 m |
Olympic Games
|16th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |
rowspan=2|2001
|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Amsterdam, Netherlands |8th |100 m |
6th
|200 m |
rowspan=2|2003
|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Bydgoszcz, Poland |20th (h) |100 m |
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|4 × 100 m relay |DQ |
rowspan=4|2005
|European Indoor Championships |23rd (h) |60 m |7.60 |
rowspan=3|Universiade
|rowspan=3|Izmir, Turkey |11th (sf) |200 m |
bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay |
7th
|4 × 400 m relay |
2006
|15th (sf) |60 m |7.37 |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.58 (+2.0 m/s) (Bedford 2000)
- 200 metres – 23.34 (-0.6 m/s) (Dublin 2000)
- 400 metres – 53.61 (2000)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.36 (Belfast 2006)
- 200 metres – 24.00 (Belfast 2003)
References
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Category:Athletes from County Kilkenny
Category:Irish female sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Ireland
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ireland
Category:Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen
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