David Gillick

Two-time European indoor champion and Irish 400m record holder

The Irish record holder is a two-time European indoor 400m champion and represented his country at the 2009 World Championships.

David Gillick: Bolt jolt would help next generation

It was July 2002, the World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, and the place was rocking like nothing I'd seen before.

Athletics • 03 Aug 17

No easy answer to 'intersex' athletes dilemma

The IAAF's move this week to challenge a ban on testosterone regulation for 'intersex' female athletes brings some difficult questions to the fore once more, writes David Gillick

Athletics • 05 Jul 17

Before hitting the qualifying standard, the thought constantly runs through your mind: 'I have to get it, I have to get it.'

Gillick: The pressure of hitting the qualifying mark

With seven weeks left until the World Championships, having the qualifying standard in the bag lifts a massive weight off their shoulders.

Athletics • 16 Jun 17

'These days, Ireland has only a handful of athletes capable of getting a spot in these races'

Diamond League must shine brighter to grab public

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then you'd imagine sports fans everywhere should be relishing the return of the IAAF Diamond League this week – that is, if they know what it is, writes David Gillick.

Athletics • 02 May 17

Ireland's Thomas Barr will compete in the 400m hurdles where wind can play havoc for competitors

BLOG: Wind just one of many hurdles athletes face

Track and field is affected by an array of variables, some which are negative and others which athletes would call a godsend, writes David Gillick.

Paris 2024 • 12 Aug 16

A dejected Irish 4x400m relay team after failing to secure Olympic qualification

Gillick: Relay crucial to nurturing sprint talent

Irish 4x400m runner David Gillick reflects on what might have been after the team missed out on Olympic qualification by a hair.

Athletics • 20 Jul 16

David Gillick finished seventh in his heat of the 400m in Amsterdam

Column: David Gillick gains new insight at Euros

It's not only fans of the national soccer team that can lay claim to being 'the best fans in the world', according to David Gillick, who found himself in reflective mood at the European Championships in Amsterdam this week.

Athletics • 08 Jul 16

'My last race was in July 2012 and it left me battered and bruised, as well as emotionally scarred.'

David Gillick: I faced my fears and I ran at them

David Gillick reflects on his battle to come to terms with retirement, and the courage required to make a tentative return to the sport he loves.

Athletics • 03 May 16

Olive Loughnane and Rob Heffernan celebrate her World Championship silver in 2009

Column: Justice for Rob and Olive a small victory

David Gillick reflects on the sweet justice of Rob Heffernan and Olive Loughnane's medal upgrades, but fears there were other Irish athletes cheated out of glory.

Athletics • 29 Mar 16

Column: No place for Russian athletes in Rio

Athletics needs a positive boost but unfortunately it won’t happen at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Portland, writes David Gillick, who wants Russian athletes be banned from the Olympics.

Athletics • 17 Mar 16