Jack Raftery

{{short description|Irish athlete}}

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| nationality = Irish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|4|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| height = 201 cm

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| country = Ireland

| sport = Track and field

| event = 400 m, 800 m, high jump, 300 m, 4 × 400 metres relay

|pb=400 m: 45.89 s
800 m: 1:55.68
High jump: 1.80 m
300 m (indoor): 33.27 s NR{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ireland/jack-raftery-14850729|title=Jack RAFTERY | Profile | World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}

| club = Donore Harriers

| coach = Brian Coombes , John & Emily Geoghehan, Paul Clarkin{{Cite web|url=https://www.donoreharriers.com/2020/07/club-interview-series-29-jack-raftery/|title=Club Interview Series 29 - Jack Raftery|date=22 July 2020}}

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Jack Raftery (born 26 April 2001) is an Irish track and field athlete competing in sprinting and middle distance events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/historical-data/athletes/irl/jack-raftery-014850729|title=European Athletics|website=www.european-athletics.com}} He holds an Irish record for the indoor 300 metres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-41073374.html|title=Tall tale: six-foot-seven Jack Raftery the man to beat after sprint switch|first=Cathal|last=Dennehy|date=17 February 2023|website=Irish Examiner}}

Raftery ran in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division (part of the 2023 European Games).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-athletes-and-schedule-of-irish-athletes-at-2023-european-games|title=List of athletes & schedule : Irish Athletes at 2023 European Games|first=JoeNa|last=Connacht|date=13 June 2023|website=SportsNewsIreland}} He also ran in the mixed 4×400 relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships,{{Cite web|url=https://dublingazette.com/sport/world-athletics-championships-55533/|title=ATHLETICS: Team Ireland compete at the World Athletics Championships 2023|first=Gazette|last=Reporter|date=20 August 2023|website=Dublin Gazette Newspapers - Dublin News, Sport and Lifestyle}} where the Irish team finished sixth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/athletics/sixth-placed-finish-ireland-4-30743652|title=Sixth placed finish for Ireland in 4 x 400m mixed relay at World Championship|first=Oisin|last=Doherty|date=19 August 2023|website=Irish Mirror}}

He attended Castleknock College. He currently attends Dublin City University.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-12 |title="I still don’t think I’d be able to put it into words" - Jack Raftery |url=https://www.thecollegeview.com/2022/10/12/jack-raftery-dcu-athletics-interview/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=The College View |language=en-GB}} He trains with Donore Harriers club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.echo.ie/raftery-tops-in-400m-national-senior-indoor/|title=Raftery tops in 400m national senior indoor|first=Echo|last=Staff|date=23 February 2023}}