Country Australia Sport Track and field | Event(s) Marathon Name Sinead Diver | |
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Born 17 February 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-02-17 ) | ||
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Sinead Diver (born 17 February 1977) is an Irish-born Australian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon event at both the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing and the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.
Diver moved to Australia in 2002. She started running in 2010 after the birth of her eldest son. In 2012, she won the Australian Half Marathon Championship. Her debut marathon was the 2014 Melbourne Marathon, where she finished as the second-placed woman in a time of 2:34:15. As of August 2017 her marathon personal best time is 2:31.37, run at the Nagoya Women's Marathon in March 2017. This time makes Diver the 11th fastest Australian female marathoner of all time, and fastest Australian female aged 40+. She is coached by Tim Crosbie and represents South Melbourne Athletics Club in local competition.
Diver works as an IT consultant and has two children.
