TIERNAN Patrick

Australia
Athletics
11 Sep 1994
26
Male
TOOWOOMBA, QLD
 
Australia
VILLANOVA, PA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 5000m  
Men's 10,000m 19

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 10,000m Final
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation5000m
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRARound 1 (13:28.48)

World Athletics Championships
YearLocation5000m10,000m
2019Doha, QATHeats (13:28.42)-
2017London, GBR11th (13:40.01)22nd (29:23.72)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year3000m5000m
2018-1 x 16th
20171 x 7th1 x 11th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
720173000mParis Saint-Denis, FRA7:39.28
1120175000mEugene, OR, USA13:13.44
1620185000mLondon, GBR13:24.58

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
420173000mWorld ChallengeZagreb, CRO7:41.43

World Cross Country Championships
RankEventYearLocationResult
8Team Cross Country Long Distance2017Kampala, UGA156
13Individual Cross Country Long Distance2017Kampala, UGA29:17


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
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Pat (theaustralian.com.au, 14 Dec 2019)
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Athlete
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Economics, Mathematics - Villanova University, United States of America
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Partner Angel Piccirillo
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English
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Melbourne Track Club [Australia]
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Marcus O'Sullivan [personal], IRL
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His partner Angel Piccirillo has represented the United States of America in athletics at international level, including in the 1500m at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Jun 2020; Facebook profile, 06 Jun 2020)
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He began running at age nine in Westbrook, QLD, Australia. (villanova.com, 23 Oct 2014)
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"My year four teacher was our primary school coach for the cross-country team. He saw me running one morning and asked if I wanted to come join his squad later that afternoon." (villanova.com, 23 Oct 2014)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (inquirer.com, 08 Apr 2020)
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His grandfather. (flotrack.org, 05 Nov 2014)
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His parents, siblings and grandmother. (runnerstribe.com, 15 Jul 2016; rio2016.olympics.com.au, 11 Jul 2016)
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"There won't always be a next race, so make every one of them count." [Villanova University coach Andrew Golato] (runnerstribe.com, 15 Jul 2016)
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While competing for Villanova University in the United States of America, in 2016 he was named US Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] National Cross-Country Athlete of the Year. He was also named Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year in 2013 and 2015. (villanova.com, 19 Feb 2016; ustfccca.org, 01 Jun 2016

General Interest

General
SUB-TWO HOUR MARATHON PACEMAKER
In 2019 he was part of the pacemaking team when Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge ran the first ever sub-two hour marathon in Vienna, Austria. However, the result did not count as an official record because it was not run under race conditions. "It was an amazing event, something that is very rarely put together. To be part of something like that is a surreal feeling."(ineos159challenge.com, 20 Sep 2019; abc.net.au, 27 Oct 2019)

COACHING
He has served as a volunteer athletics coach at Villanova University in the United States of America. (villanova.com, 15 Sep 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He also studied for a master's degree in analytics, analysis and functional analysis at Villanova University from 2018 to 2020. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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