Stephen Scullion
{{short description|Irish runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Stephen Scullion
| image = 2017_London_Marathon_-_Stephen_Scullion_(2).jpg
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| caption = Scullion in the 2017 London Marathon
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| nationality = Irish / Northern Irish
| hometown = Belfast
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| height = {{height|cm=179|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country = {{Flag|Ireland}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = marathon, half marathon, 10000 metres, 3000 metres
| pb = Marathon: 02:09:25 (London 2020)
| club = Dark Sky Distance
| coach = Stephen Haas
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Stephen Scullion (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish middle-distance and long-distance runner.{{Cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=s/athlete=154909-scullion-stephen/index.html |title=European Athletics - Athlete: Stephen Scullion |website=european-athletics}}
Early life
Scullion was born in Belfast and attended Wellington College.{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/operation-transformation-from-couch-drunk-to-tokyo-olympian-1.3771092 |title=Operation Transformation: from couch drunk to Tokyo Olympian |first=Ian |last=O'Riordan |website=The Irish Times}}
Athletic career
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Scullion was selected for Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 1500m and 5000m, but missed out due to illness.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9045975.stm |title=Scullion ruled out of Delhi Games |date=September 29, 2010 |via=news.bbc.co.uk}} He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships and in the 10000 m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
At the 2019 Houston Marathon he finished tenth in a personal best, despite taking a wrong turn and being corrected by a member of the public. He qualified for the 2019 World Championships and for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/stephen-scullion-targets-marathon-in-doha-after-santry-success-1.3969759 |title=Stephen Scullion targets marathon in Doha after Santry success |first=Ian O’Riordan at Morton |last=Stadium |website=The Irish Times}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=5046 |title=Athlete Profile |website=thepowerof10.info}} Scullion finished second in the 2019 Dublin Marathon and eleventh in the 2020 London Marathon.{{Cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2019/1027/1085903-dublin-city-marathon/ |title=Winner of Dublin marathon completes race in record time |first=John |last=Kilraine |date=October 27, 2019 |website=rte.ie}}{{cite web |url=https://results.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2020/?pid=leaderboard&pidp=leaderboard_nav# |title=Leaderboard KM |publisher=London Marathon |date=4 October 2020 |accessdate=4 October 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.the42.ie/stephen-scullion-london-marathon-2020-5223225-Oct2020/ |title=Stephen Scullion takes more than two minutes off marathon PB to finish 11th in London |date=4 October 2020 |work=The 42 |accessdate=6 October 2020}}
He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, but did not finish the race.{{Cite web |title=Men's Marathon Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHMMARATHON----------FNL-000100--.pdf |work=Tokyo 2020 |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808002334/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHMMARATHON----------FNL-000100--.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2021 |access-date=24 August 2021}}
He represented Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he finished 10th in the men's marathon event.{{cite web |title=Marathon - Men's Marathon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62360812 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|stephen-scullion}}
- {{Olympics.ie|stephen-scullion}}
- {{Instagram|lionscull}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930203320/https://www.strava.com/pros/stephen_scullion |title=Strava page |date=dmy}}
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Category:Athletes from the Republic of Ireland
Category:Irish male long-distance runners
Category:Irish male marathon runners
Category:Athletes from Belfast
Category:People educated at Wellington College Belfast
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
Category:Olympic male marathon runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Ireland
Category:20th-century Irish people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games