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USN Hero - Derval O'Rourke

Derval on winning the world indoor championships in 2006 "It was amazing to have a race and be the fastest in the world"

Derval O'Rourke - USN Hero

Derval O'Rourke

Derval O Rourke achievements to date

Derval O Rourke; Major Medals

2010 European Championships - Silver 100mH
2009 European Indoor Championship- bronze medal 60m hurdles.

2006 World Indoor Championships (Moscow) - Gold - 60 m Hurdles (7.84 NR)

2006 European Championships (Gothenburg) - Silver - 100 m Hurdles (12.72 NR)

2005 World University Games (Izmir) - Bronze - 13.02

Derval O Rourke; Major Records

Irish national records

Outdoor

100 metres hurdles - 12.72 (Gothenburg, 11 August 2006)

4x100m Relay - 44.38 (Gothenburg, 12 August 2006} Derval O’Rourke, Anna Boyle, Ailis McSweeney and Joanne Cuddihy

Indoor

60 metres hurdles - 7.84 (Moscow, 11 March 2006)

Derval O Rourke Training Diet

Breakfast- 4 egg whites + 3 tablespoons porridge oats + 1 teaspoon of sugar all mixed together and then I fry it like a pancake.

I also take Multi-Plex with breakfast.

Pre training I take 1 level teaspoon of Creatine Monohydrate.

Post Training snack is water with 100% Whey Protein and L-Glutamine and dried fruit. A half hour later I take some BCAA's.

Lunch- Brown bread sandwich with chicken and salad.

Dinner- Salmon fillet with a baked potato and runner beans.

Snack- cup of tea and some chocolate.

Dervals' Supplements

Multi-Plex

Creatine Monohydrate

100% Whey Protein

L-Glutamine

BCAA's

Sport

Athletics

Event

Sprint Hurdles, 100mh and 60mh

Place of Birth

Cork

Height

5'7

Weight

60 kg

Education

B.A. Sociology and Geography

Higher Diploma Postgraduate in Business Studies

Describe an average training day

I normally lift weights at 10 a.m. I lift until 11.30. I then do some study during the day and go to the track at 6 p.m to do a running session. I normally do interval running and some hurdle drills until 8 p.m

Pre-race routine

I start to warm up about an hour and a half before the race. I jog for a few minutes then I stretch and start to do sprinting drills. I run flat out to 30 metres 3 times and then I run flat out over 1 hurdle, 2 hurdles and 3 hurdles. I go to the call room 30 minutes before the race. The whole time during my warm up I listen to my ipod. I listen to everything from Jay-Z to Britney Spears.

How did you get into athletics

I ran a race in school when I was 6 and just started from there. A teacher called my Mum to tell her it might be a good idea to put me in a club.

First race you remember winning

I remember winning a race on the grass in primary school. I mainly remember because we were racing against the boys from the boys school and I beat them. I would have been quite young 6 or 7.

Sporting Hero

Sonia O' Sullivan is my hero. Her achievements in athletics are absolutely incredible. She dominated distance running in the world for part of the 90’s and has won every single medal there is to win in athletics.

Most Memorable Moment

Winning world indoor championships in 2006 and surprising everyone in athletics. It was amazing to have a race and be the fastest in the world.

Most embarrassing moment on the track

I ran the flat 100m in the Irish championships in 2007. With 10 metres to go I was trying so hard I slipped and fell. It was raining so I slid along the track for about 15 metres. I was so mortified that I didn’t even notice for a while that I was bleeding in loads of places. I still came second because I fell over the line!

Funniest thing you have seen at an event

At the 2003 world championships in Paris one of the U.S sprinters did a false start and got disqualified. He refused to leave the track and lay flat out on the track. It took security about 15 minutes to physically remove him. It was very very funny watching him being dragged off the track.

Favourite Movie

I like to watch easy movies that make me laugh. I love Zoolander, Intermission and anything else along those lines.

Favourite Music

For training it has to be Jay-z, Kanye West, Linkin Park, Eminem. For chilling out it would be Paolo Nutini, The Blizzards, The Coronas

Favourite Book

I read a lot of books which makes this a hard one. I love Keane the autobiography, anything by Jodi Picoult and “The power of one”

If you were not an athlete, what would you like to be

I’m not sure. I have never really wanted to do anything except run fast. Maybe something on t.v.

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