![]() Scullion in the
2017 London Marathon | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish / Northern Irish |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 9 November 1988
Home town | Belfast |
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | marathon, half marathon, 10000 metres, 3000 metres |
Club | Dark Sky Distance |
Coached by | Stephen Haas |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Marathon: 02:09:25 ( London 2020) |
Stephen Scullion (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish middle-distance and long-distance runner. [1]
Scullion was born in Belfast and attended Wellington College. [2]
Scullion was selected for Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 1500m and 5000m, but missed out due to illness. [3] He competed in the 3000 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships and in the 10000 m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
At the 2019 Houston Marathon he finished tenth in a personal best, despite taking a wrong turn and being corrected by a member of the public. He qualified for the 2019 World Championships and for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] [5] Scullion finished second in the 2019 Dublin Marathon and eleventh in the 2020 London Marathon. [6] [7] [8]
He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, but did not finish the race. [9]
He represented Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he finished 10th in the men's marathon event. [10]