BOYCE Brendan

Date of Birth: 8 Oct 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MILFORD

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : CORK

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 50km Race Walk	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 50km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	19th (3:53:59)
2012	London, GBR	26th (3:55:01)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	6th (4:07:46)
2017	London, GBR	DNS
2015	Beijing, CHN	DQ
2013	Moscow, RUS	25th (3:54:24)

European Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	19th (4:02:14)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2017	50km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Podebrady, CZE	3:49:49
5	2019	50km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	3:48:13
6	2019	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	4:07:46
17	2018	50km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	3:53:32
19	2018	50km Race Walk	European Championships	Berlin, GER	4:02:14

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Health Science, Physiology - Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland

Languages spoken:

Finn Valley AC [Ireland]

Rob Heffernan [personal], IRL, from 2013

2011 for Ireland (brendanboyce.co.uk, 01 Aug 2015)

In 2011 he suffered a hairline fracture to his left kneecap after being hit by a cyclist while training. For the next four weeks he could only train once every three days. (brendanboyce.co.uk, 11 Jun 2011)

He took up race walking at age 12 in Ireland. (brendanboyce.co.uk, 01 Aug 2015)

He was the youngest of seven siblings who were all involved in sport. "Athletics was the biggest influence in the house even though we all would have played Gaelic football and football too. Athletics was very big in the early 1990s in this part of the world [Ireland] and, after my brother won a national title, I was even more motivated to get better myself." (the42.ie, 28 Mar 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bbc.com, 31 Oct 2019)

Finishing sixth in the 50km race walk at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (bbc.com, 31 Oct 2019)

US sprinter Michael Johnson. (therunningreview.com, 02 Oct 2013)

In 2019 he was named Donegal Sports Star of the Year in Ireland. (donegaldaily.com, 01 Feb 2020)

He was named 2019 Endurance Athlete of the Year by Athletics Ireland. (highlandradio.com, 29 Nov 2019)

In 2012 he was named Senior Athlete of the Year at the Ulster Athletics Awards in Ireland. (donegalnews.com, 21 Dec 2012)

General Interest

General
EYES ON TOKYO
He says placing sixth in the 50km race walk at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, has given him confidence going into the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Finishing sixth in Doha definitely improved my mindset for Tokyo. I would have said even going into [the 2016 Games in] Rio that Tokyo was always the bigger goal." He says his goal of a medal in Tokyo is partly inspired by his coach Rob Heffernan, who race walked for Ireland at five editions of the Olympic Games. "Rob knows what it takes from being an athlete. Rob was 35 when he won the world championships and the mid-30s is when you should be challenging for your top results." (bbc.com, 31 Oct 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After he completed a certificate in physiology and health science at the Institute of Technology Carlow in Ireland, he went on to study physiotherapy at Coventry University in England between 2007 and 2009. He then studied for a bachelor's degree in sports performance at Leeds Metropolitan University in England between 2009 and 2011. (frontrowspeakers.com, 01 Aug 2016; LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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