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Rob Heffernan with his coach and wife Marian Heffernan after withdrawing from the 50km walk

Heffernan: Once I couldn't win gold I pulled out

Rob Heffernan revealed that he pulled out of the 50km race walk at the European Championships once he realised his gold medal chance was gone.

Athletics • 15 Aug 14

World champion Rob Heffernan struggled in Zurich leading to his withdrawal

English claims European bronze in 800m

Mark English has claimed the bronze medal in the men's 800m final at the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich.

Athletics • 15 Aug 14

Rob Heffernan has just returned from two months training in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain, as he prepares for next month’s European Championships in Zurich

Heffernan set to bag Euro 2010 bronze

Ireland’s Rob Heffernan will be awarded a bronze medal for his fourth-place finish in the 20km walk at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona after Russia’s Stanislav Emelyanov was stripped of the gold medal due to irregularities in his biological passport.

Athletics • 30 Jul 14

Rob Heffernan will lead the Irish team at next month's European Championships

Heffernan training smarter ahead of Euros

World 50k walking champion Rob Heffernan has given an insight into the intense and intelligent training regime that he hopes will lead to success at next month’s European Championships.

Athletics • 24 Jul 14

Rob Heffernan is looking to follow up on his 2013 world 50km walk gold with European success

Hefffernan to lead Team Ireland at Euros

Reigning 50k walk world champion Robert Heffernan will lead a team of 30 Irish athletes to compete at the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich between 12-17 August.

Athletics • 21 Jul 14

Rob Heffernan (right) came home fourth in the Cork City Sports, which was won by Dane Bird-Smith (left)

Heffernan takes fourth in walk at Cork City Sports

Rob Heffernan has finished fourth in the 3km walk at the Cork City Sports. The race was won by Dane Bird-Smith of Australia in a new meet record of 10:56:23.

Athletics • 09 Jul 14

Rob Heffernan will be using the event in China as preparation for August's European Championships in Zurich

Heffernan to lead the charge in China

World 50km Race Walking Champion Rob Heffernan will lead the Irish Team at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, China from 3-4 May.

Athletics • 17 Apr 14

Heffernan named Ireland's athlete of the year

Race walker Rob Heffernan crowned off his year by being named as Athletics Ireland Athlete of the year.

Athletics • 21 Nov 13

Marian Heffernan also acts as physio for husband Rob

Marian Heffernan: 'I knew he could do it'

Marian Heffernan has described her husband Rob’s gold medal at the World Athletics Championships as vindication for ten years of hard work.

Athletics • 14 Aug 13

Rob Heffernans's gold is only Ireland's sixth ever medal at a Word Athletics Championships

Heffernan: Walk gold 'is a dream come true'

Ireland’s latest world champion Rob Heffernan has spoken of his delight at winning gold in Moscow and described it as “an out-of-body experience.”

Athletics • 15 Aug 13

Ireland's Rob Heffernan smashed the field in the final 10km of the race

Heffernan wins world gold in 50km walk

Rob Heffernan has become Ireland's third ever World Athletics Championships gold medal winner following his victory in the 50km walk this morning.

Athletics • 14 Aug 13

Rob Heffernan's London 2012 Blog

Irish race walker Rob Heffernan discusses his hopes for London 2012 and his career thus far.

Paris 2024 • 05 Jul 12

Heffernan takes 12th at World Cup of Race Walking

Robert Heffernan, who is targeting the 50km walk at the 2012 London Games, produced another solid performance at the IAAF World Cup of Race Walking in Saransk, Russia, finishing in 12th place in 1 hour 21 minutes 51 seconds.

Athletics • 12 May 12

Rob Heffernan