Derval O'Rourke
@DervalORourke
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🏆3x Olympian & World Indoor Champ 📺 RTE Sports Pundit 👦👧🦮Busy Mum, juggling life 🥙 Simple fitness & food tips 👇 Website
Cork, Ireland
Joined August 2012
Join @DavidGillick @DervalORourke @RM_Heffernan in Cork on Thursday night! Tickets 🎫 https://t.co/DY5Dkzmsas
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Join David Gillick and friends, Rob Heffernan and Derval O'Rourke, for a very special night at MTU - Bishopstown Campus in Cork
An Evening with David Gillick and Friends! 🙌 Join David Gillick with guests, Derval O'Rourke & Rob Heffernan, in Cork this Thursday 4th December at 7pm. Get the inside track on his book - 'The Race' - and explore the defining moments that have shaped his career on and off the
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"Mentally, I was a different animal on a big day." Great to chat to @DervalORourke after her Hall of Fame award: reflections on her career, how she delivered so well on big days, and why she once sent a doping rival a DM asking if she'd send the medal. https://t.co/Ye8hrJPXGh
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"Sitting in an RTÉ studio all those years since, you realise how special medals are. I’m really grateful for every medal I have."
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Great evening at the @irishathletics awards 🥰❤️ Also is it just me or do we look like a perfect mixed relay?! @RM_Heffernan @DavidGillick
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We’re heading south with The Race! 💨 Join myself & Corks finest @DervalORourke @RM_Heffernan for a special medals & mics live chat!! 🙏 MTU, Irish Athletics Supporters Club @easons 📍 MTU 📅 Thurs 4th Dec 🎟️ https://t.co/d5DQd1Vbjh Hope to see you there!
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@DervalORourke Good memories of Moscow 2006, with @gregallenRTE - reporter and photographer at the same time
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Nice to chat to @ianoriordan about my life in track. A career spent trying to do my best in a tricky system that wasn’t particularly athlete friendly 😂🤷♀️ https://t.co/aaSX0wreAI
irishtimes.com
Hall of Fame inductee has made peace with disappointments faced during ‘pretty savage career’
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Looking forward to this⬇️
We’re heading south with The Race! 💨 Join myself & Corks finest @DervalORourke @RM_Heffernan for a special medals & mics live chat!! 🙏 MTU, Irish Athletics Supporters Club @easons 📍 MTU 📅 Thurs 4th Dec 🎟️ https://t.co/d5DQd1Vbjh Hope to see you there!
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Fantastic to be at @DavidGillick book launch. I’ve loved reading this book. Grab a copy & a cuppa ☕️
Massive thanks to @jacquihurley for being the ultimate host, and to @DervalORourke & @SoniaOSullivan3 for sharing brilliant stories from the world of athletics 💫
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If you want to truly know how to get faster Martina is the person who understands it. Good insight into how @shotsmmc career. From the youngest on the Olympic team in Sydney to guiding our brightest stars. I was lucky enough to have her help me (a long time ago now 😂)
Trace the trail of Irish women's sprinting over the last 25 years and Martina McCarthy has had some influence. ‘I didn’t deliver on my potential. As a coach, you have to park that’
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If you're watching the World Champs this week, I'd strongly encourage you to watch what Palestine's Mohammed Dwedar had to say in Tokyo yesterday - on the day the UN commission stated what so many have been telling us for so long: that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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One of the stories & performers of the year in Irish athletics. Outstanding talent 🙌🙌🙌
Lorcan Murphy has made three national senior podiums this year: 3rd in the 100m, 3rd in the indoor high jump, and 1st in the decathlon. Can’t think of another Irish basketball international who can match that. https://t.co/KXWwJfQZPb
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The crowds at Cork City Sports, Morton Games & National Champs speak volumes. This should be so doable 🙏🙏🙏
Dear @sportireland. First world problem I know. But we really need a new one of these. They’re all over Europe and not always in capital cities. 5000-10000 seats with basic facilities will do fine.15000 would be awesome. Badly needed. If you build it, they will come.
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Roaming is an excellent description 🤣😂
Just saw my two favourite Cork women @soniaagrith and @DervalORourke roaming around D7 looking for a pint😂 Fecking Legends 💪
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SECURE YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY GO ON GENERAL SALE! If you'd like to join our group of Irish fans attending the European Athletics Championships between 10-16 August 2026, please complete the below form by noon this Friday 25/07/2025 https://t.co/BAiYhvkCLh Please RT
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🏃 Cork Athletics Week '25 🏃 💪 30th June to 5th July 👏 Little Athletics Events for Children Aged 6-12yo 📅 Mon - Durrus 📅 Tues & Weds - MTU 📅 Thurs - Bandon 📅 Fri - West Muskerry 📅 Fri - Riverstick Kinsale 📅 Sat - FunFest 💸 All Free 🎟 https://t.co/Ii6GBDFT1F
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Jamie Oliver’s new documentary on dyslexia and school has just started on channel 4. It’s about UK schooling but I’m sure there’s lots of crossovers for the Irish system. Would love your experiences of dyslexia & school in 2025? ⬇️ #dyslexiarevolution
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Love watching the results & the talent on show at the Irish schools. Such a brilliant 🤩 showcase of underage athletics 💨💪
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Just watched day 2 @GrandSlamTrack Anyone else watched? Really enjoying the format. Love the racing aspect. The concept of athletes doubling up events makes it compelling. Definitely a positive for me. #GrandSlamTrack
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