Fionnuala Britton
 McCormack at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia |
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Representing  Ireland
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| European Indoor Championships | ||
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2013 Gothenburg | 3000 m |
| European Cross Country Championships | ||
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2011 Velenje | Individual |
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2012 Budapest | Individual |
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2012 Budapest | Team |
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2014 Samokov | Team |
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2015 Hyères | Team |
Fionnuala McCormack (née Britton; born 24 September 1984 in Wicklow) is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She was the gold medallist at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has represented Ireland in the steeplechase at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and twice at the European Athletics Championships. In December 2012, Britton became the first woman to successfully defend the European Cross Country Championship.
She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She won a steeplechase silver at the 2006 European Cup and also competed in the event at the European Athletics Championships, being eliminated in the heats. She took the under-23 silver medal at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships at the end of the year. She was fourteenth in the senior race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – the second best European performer behind Jessica Augusto (12th). She made her global track debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and was twelfth in the steeplechase final. She ended the year with a seventh-place finish at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships.
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