Robert Heffernan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Heffernan
Occupation	Race Walker
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1978(1978-02-28)
Age	46
Birthplace	Cork
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Cork
Horoscope	Aquarius

Robert Heffernan Biography

Robert Heffernan is one of the most popular and richest Race Walker who was born on February 28, 1978 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. The gold medal for the 50-kilometer walk at the 2013 IAFF World Championships was won by race walker. With a time of 3 minutes 45:30, he previously set an Irish record for the 50-kilometer walk at European Athletics Championships 2010.

Both he and He and Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski have both been World Champions in men’s 50 kilometer walk. from Poland were World Champions in the men’s 50-kilometer walk.

At the 2000 Olympics he finished in 28th place, and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified, both in the 20 km race walking discipline.

At the 2008 Olympic Games he improved, coming eighth in the 20km Walk. His wife Marian Andrews is also national women’s 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women’s team that finished 4th in the European indoors. On 27 July 2010, Heffernan won the bronze medal in the 2010 European Athletics Championships in the 20 kilometres walk, posting a time of 1:21:00 (achieved retrospectively in 2014 after Russian Stanislav Emelyanov was found to have committed an anti-doping violation). He also finished 4th in the 50km walk in a national record time of 3:45:30.This was an amazing achievement due to the fact it was just 3 days after the 20 km event.

Marian Andrews, a sprinter and national champion in the 4x400m relay event, was his wife.

Robert Heffernan Net Worth

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

He was born in Cork (Ireland) and represented Ireland for the first time at the 2000 European Race Walking Cup.

The fact that he set the national 50-kilometer record only three days after completing the 20-kilometer race made it even more impressive.

Robert “Rob” Heffernan (born 28 February 1978) is an Irish race walker.

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Who is Robert Heffernan Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Race Walker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Robert Heffernan celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.

Where is Rob Heffernan from in Cork?

Personal information
Born| 28 February 1978 Cork, Ireland
Height| 1.71 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in)
Weight| 58 kg (128 lb)
Spouse(s)| Marian Heffernan

Who trains Rob Heffernan?

Cork based Brendan Boyce , who is coached by Rob Heffernan, will compete in that event. The 34-year-old Letterkenny native will hope to challenge for a medal having finished sixth at the World Championships two years ago in the event.

Did rob Heffernan win gold?

Ireland’s Rob Heffernan (Togher AC) won an historic gold medal on day five of the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. Heffernan literally had the walk of his life to win the 50km Race Walk World Championship Title in a time of 3:37:56.

Who is Rob Heffernan married to?

Marian Heffernan

Where does the name Heffernan come from?

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIfearnáin ‘descendant of Ifearnán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ifreannach ‘demon’ (from ifreann ‘hell’).