Emily Maher (born 2 May 1981 in Kilkenny) is an Irish retired athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2006 World Indoor Championships. She won the sprint double, 100m and 200m at the World Youth Olympics in Moscow 1998. Emily was coached by Linford Christie and is the first Irish person to reach a sprint final at a major championship (World Juniors Chile 1999) Emily also anchored the first Irish relay (4x100m) to win a medal at a major championship in a time of 44.69 at the World University Games in Izmir Turkey 2005
Competition record Representing 1998World Youth GamesMoscow, Russia1st100 m11.931st200 m24.16World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France20th (qf)200 m24.281999European Junior ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia4th100 m11.724th200 m23.702000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile7th100 m11.736th200 m24.00Olympic GamesSydney, Australia16th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.242001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands8th100 m11.936th200 m23.802003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland20th (h)100 m11.95 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain23rd (h)60 m7.60Universiadeİzmir, Turkey11th (sf)200 m23.893rd4 × 100 m relay44.697th4 × 400 m relay3:36.102006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia15th (sf)60 m7.37
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.40 (+2.0 m/s) (Bedford 2000) 200 metres – 23.34 (-0.6 m/s) (Dublin 2000) 400 metres – 53.61 (2000) Indoor 60 metres – 7.36 (Belfast 2006) 200 metres – 24.00 (Belfast 2003)
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