Luke McCann

Luke McCann (born 12 March 1998) is an Irish middle distance track and field athlete from Glenageary, Dublin who specialises in the 1500 metres.^[1] He represented Ireland at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He holds two Irish records over 1000 metres.

Luke McCann

Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 27)
Education	Masters in Mechanical Engineering with Business, University College Dublin, 2023
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
Team	OAC Europe
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800m: 1:45.33 (Bellinzona, 2024) 1000m: 2:16.40 NR (Monaco, 2022) 1500m: 3:33.66 (Stockholm, 2024) Mile: 3:52.70 (Copenhagen, 2024)

Career

In May 2021, in Ostrava McCann lowered his 1500m personal best to 3:37.77. The following week, he lowered it again to 3:36.81 in Montreuil.^[2]

In February 2022, he claimed the Irish indoor record over 1000 metres, in Kentucky.^[3] McCann signed a professional contract with On to compete for OAC Europe in June 2022.^[4] In August 2022, McCann set a new Irish national record over 1000 metres outdoors, running 2:16.40 at the Diamond League event in Monaco.^[5] He qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon through his ranking, however the Irish Athletics Association controversially chose not to select him.^[6]

In March 2023, he qualified from the semi-finals of the 1500m at the 2023 European Athletics Indoors Championships in Istanbul.^[7] He finished tenth in the final.^[8] In August 2023, he was named as part of the Irish team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.^[9]

In May 2024, he ran a 3:34.32 personal best for the 1500 metres in Ostrava.^[10] He finished second in the 1500 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024 to set a new personal best of 3:33.66.^[11] He was selected for the Irish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in June 2024.^[12] Later that month, he was runner-up at the Irish Championships in Dublin in the 1500 metres race.^[13] He represented Ireland in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres.^[14] In September 2024, he lowered his 800 metres personal best to 1:45.33 in Bellinzona, putting him fourth on the Irish all-time list.^[15]

Personal life

McCann was awarded a UCD Ad Astra Elite Athlete Scholarship and graduated from University College Dublin with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with Business.^[16] His sister Jodie McCann is also a distance runner who has represented Ireland.^[17][18]