Sarah Lavin

Sarah Lavin
	File:2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank–020.jpg Lavin in 2022
Personal information
Born	28 May 1994 (age 30); Lisnagry, Limerick, Ireland
Education	University College Dublin
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
	Women's athletics
	Representing Ireland
	European Games

Sarah Kate Lavin (born 28 May 1994) is an Irish athlete specialising in the high hurdles.^[1] She finished fourth at the 2019 Summer Universiade. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships and represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Games.^[2]

Her personal bests are 12.79 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (0.3 m/s, Munich 2022) and 7.97 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Serbia 2022).

With a time of 11.27 seconds, Lavin is the Irish recordholder in the 100 metres flat (Switzerland 2023).^[3]^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ireland
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	18th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.90¹
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.34
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	29th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.25
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.84
2015	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 200 m relay	1:36.90
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	17th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.87
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.68²
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.64
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	4th	100 m hurdles	13.28
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	9th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.07
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.53
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	32nd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.16
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	7th	60 m hurdles	8.09
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	17th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.87
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	100 m hurdles	12.86
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	6th	60 m hurdles	8.03
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.62

¹Did not finish in the semifinals
²Did not finish in the final

Lavin was in a relationship with rally driver Craig Breen, until his death in a rallying accident in April 2023.

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Sarah Lavin at the Olympic Federation of Ireland

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