SEAWARD Kevin

Ireland

Athletics

Date of Birth: 3 Oct 1983

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Place of residence : LOUGHBOROUGH

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Marathon	58

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's Marathon Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Marathon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	64th (2:20:06)

European Championships

Year	Location	Marathon	Marathon Team
2018	Berlin, GER	15th (2:16:58)	6th (6:53:55)

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
21	Half Marathon Team	2018	Valencia, ESP	3:14:44
58	Half Marathon	2020	Gdynia, POL	1:02:58
85	Half Marathon	2018	Valencia, ESP	1:04:56

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
19	Marathon	2017/2018	Berlin, GER	2:15:50
20	Marathon	2017/2018	London, GBR	2:17:08

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

Nickname:

Kev (Instagram profile, 23 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Teacher

Education:

Biochemistry, Sport Studies - Ulster University, Great Britain

Family:

Wife Heather

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

St Malachy's AC [Belfast, GBR]

Coach:

Andy Hobdell [personal], GBR, from 2015

Reason:

"I am in some ways an accidental marathoner. I ran my first one to help pace a friend but when he got injured in the build-up I thought why not run the race anyway. It all began from there." (fastrunning.com, 10 May 2018)

Influence:

Coach Paddy McKillop, and his family. (fastrunning.com, 10 May 2018)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He works as an assistant head teacher at Martin High School in Anstey, England. He was previously a physical education teacher at the school between 2009 and 2015. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; bbc.co.uk, 20 Mar 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After he graduated with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and sport from Ulster University in 2008, he studied for a master's degree in education at Loughborough University in England between 2008 and 2010. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

Milestones

His time of 2:10:10 at the 2020 Seville Marathon in Spain was the second-fastest marathon time recorded by an Irish athlete at that time. The national record of 2:09:15 was set by John Treacy at the 1988 Boston Marathon in the United States of America. (worldathletics.org, 01 Mar 2020; rte.ie, 23 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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