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Lauren Roy
Irish sprinter (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lauren Roy (born 25 September 2000) is an Irish sprinter. She has represented Ireland at the World Athletics Championships and is the Northern Ireland record holder over 200 metres.[1]
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She is a Fast Twitch AC athlete and coached by Tim Thompson.[2] Roy won the Irish U-20 indoor title over 60 metres with a personal best of 7.42 seconds in February 2019.[3] She subsequently made her senior international debut as an 18-year-old at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in the 60 metres, but did not progress past her preliminary heat.[4]
She competed for Ireland in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[5] She was a member of the Irish team which gained promotion to the second division of the European Athletics Team Championships in June 2023.[6]
Competing in Texas for Tarleton State University in 2025, she broke the Northern Ireland 200m record breaking one record of Amy Foster which had stood for 24 years, with a time of 23.27 seconds.[7] Additionally, on 25 April 2025 she ran a wind- assisted time of 22.85 seconds (+3.5) in Stephenville, Texas. She competed for Ireland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, placing fifth in the 200 metres in 23.32 seconds.[8]
She was a member of the Irish women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team alongside Sarah Leahy, Ciara Neville and Sarah Lavin who broke the Irish national record with a time of 43.73 seconds at the 2025 London Athletics Meet.[9] That month, she was a semi-finalist over 200 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[10]
She was runner-up to Neville in the 100m and third behind Sharlene Mawdsley and Lavin in the 200m at the 2025 Irish Athletics Championships.[11]
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She was educated at Tarleton State University in Texas, United States.[12]
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