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| image = 2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 – Women's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–002 (cropped).jpg
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| nationality = Irish
| sport = Athletics
| event = 800 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1283678-shanahan-louise.htm |title=Louise Shanahan |
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'''Louise Shanahan''' (born 26 January 1997) is an Irish [[sport of athletics|athlete]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2101916 |title=Louise Shanahan |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/team-ireland/2021/0721/1236408-louise-shanahan/ |title=Louise Shanahan |work=RTE |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> She competed in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|women's 800 metres event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-800m-rnd1-000300-.htm |title=Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results |work=Tokyo 2020<!-- Tokyo2020.org or Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/ --> |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref> Shanahan obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] degree in physics from the [[University College Cork]] ([[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]]) in 2019.
==Biography==
When she was growing up, Shanahan's father, Ray, was her coach, until she moved to England.<ref name="HS">{{cite web |url=https://hersport.ie/2021/08/06/louise-shanahan-achieving-her-olympic-dream-three-years-ahead-of-schedule/ |title=Louise Shanahan: Achieving Her Olympic Dream Three Years Ahead Of Schedule |work=Her Sport |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> In 2013, Shanahan became the European Youth Champion in the [[800 metres]].<ref name="V">{{cite web |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/sport/21733 |title="I'm in the shape of my life": In Conversation with Olympic Athlete Louise Shanahan |work=Varsity |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> However, after breaking a bone in her foot in 2015, she struggled to maintain her form.<ref name="V"/> Despite this, she was the Irish 1500m champion in 2021.<ref name="HS"/> Her father was also an Irish national champion in the [[1500 meters]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/tokyo-2020-team-ireland-profiles-louise-shanahan-athletics-1.4618346? |title=Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Louise Shanahan (Athletics) |work=The Irish Times |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> making them the first father and daughter to become national champions in Ireland in that event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40336655.html |title=Women in Sport: Louise Shanahan running ahead of schedule towards Tokyo |work=Echo Live |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
From February 2021, she began to improve her performances in an attempt to take part in the delayed [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, after the [[Universiade|World Student Games]] were cancelled.<ref name="V"/> She made the qualification for the Ireland Olympic team following results in Europe ahead of the Games.<ref name="V"/> At the beginning of 2021, she had targeted a place at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/sport/tokyo-olympics-louise-shanahan-takes-pride-after-achieving-9209852/ |title=Tokyo Olympics: Louise Shanahan takes pride after achieving Games dream for Ireland |work=Cambridge Independent |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="HS"/>
Outside of sport, Shanahan graduated from the [[University of Cork]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archysport.com/2021/08/the-athletes-and-scientists-who-participated-in-the-tokyo-2020-olympic-games/ |title=The athletes and scientists who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games |work=Archy Sport |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> and is completing a PhD in physics at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/news/ucapp-athlete-louise-shanahan-selected-tokyo-olympics |title=UCAPP Athlete, Louise Shanahan, selected for Tokyo Olympics |work=University of Cambridge |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
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