Eamonn Coghlan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eamonn Coghlan
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 21, 1952(1952-11-21)
Age	72
Birthplace	Drimnagh
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Scorpio

Eamonn Coghlan Biography

Eamonn Coghlan is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 21, 1952 in Drimnagh, Ireland.

Coghlan’s first running club was the Celtic Athletic Club. He then joined Donore Harriers. After the Moscow Olympics in 1980, he moved to Metropolitan Harriers where he was coached by Gerry Farnan. He won the Leinster colleges cross country championships & the 5000m track title in 1970. The following year he won the All-Ireland 1500 metres and 5000 metres titles. In 1971 he was offered a scholarship by Villanova University. The famous running coach James ‘Jumbo’ Elliott invited Coghlan to train for the Villanova track and field team. While there he won four NCAA individual titles over 1500 meters and the mile. On 10 May 1975 Coghlan ran his first sub-4-minute mile in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (3:56.2). One week later, on 17 May, he broke the long-standing European Outdoor Mile record of Michel Jazy, in a time of 3:53.3 in Kingston, Jamaica. He graduated from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communications.

In the 1976 Olympics, he probably made a mistake by taking the lead at 500 metres and by not accelerating enough before the winner, John Walker, passed him at 1,200 metres. Thus he lost valuable energy which he would have needed in the home straight’s struggle against Walker, Belgium’s Ivo van Damme and West Germany’s Paul-Heinz Wellman. In the 1980 Olympics 5,000 metres he probably made a mistake by sprinting to the lead at the start of the last back straight.

Eamonn Coghlan Net Worth

Eamonn Coghlan is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eamonn Coghlan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres. He is a 3-time Olympian and former world champion in the 5,000 m. He served as Senator from 2011 to 2016.

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Who is Eamonn Coghlan Dating?

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In 1994, on the Harvard University indoor track, Eamonn became the first man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile. He was 41 at the time. Coghlan ran the sub-four-minute mile as a “Special Attraction” during the middle of the Massachusetts State High School Championship meet. Athletes surrounded the banked track clapping and pounding out the rhythm of :59 sec. splits on the fast Harvard track.

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Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Eamonn Coghlan celebrates birthday on November 21 of every year.

Coghlan was nicknamed “The Chairman of the Boards” because of his success on indoor tracks. He won 52 of his 70 races at 1,500 m and 1 Mile from 1974 to

1987. He set the world record for the indoor mile run with a time of 3.52.6 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego in 1979. He lowered this to 3:50.6 in 1981 and then bettered it to 3:49.78 in 1983 at New Jersey’s Meadowlands Arena indoor arena. His record stood until 1997 when it was broken by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in a time of 3:48.45. It is still the fourth fastest indoor mile of all time and is still, more than 30 years on, a European record. Coghlan’s 1983 time was the fastest mile ever run in the United States until 10 June 2007, when Daniel Kipchirchir Komen ran 3:48.28 outdoors in Eugene, Oregon. It remains one of only four sub-3:50 miles run on American soil. By and large, Coghlan was more successful at indoor running notwithstanding a later world title in 1983 over 5,000 meters.

Did Eamonn Coghlan win an Olympic medal?

He won the 5,000 metres at the 1983 World Championships to follow two fourth places in the Olympics (in the 1,500 meters in 1976 and the 5,000 meters in 1980).

How old is Eamonn Coghlan?

69 years (November 21, 1952)