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European Champion, Olympian Ciara Mageean Dies at 34
Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean, a two-time Olympian and 2024 European 1,500-meter champion, has died at 34 after battling cancer. Her family said she died surrounded by loved ones; Mageean also won European silver and bronze and held several Irish records.
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About Ciara Mageean
Ciara Mageean is an Irish middle-distance runner from Portaferry, County Down. She specialises in the 1500 metres. She won the gold medal in the 2024 European Athletics Championships, and became the first individual Irish European champion since Sonia O'Sullivan.
Everything about Ciara Mageean →- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Born
- March 12, 1992
- Died
- November 1, 2026