Olive Loughnane

Who is Olive Loughnane?

Olive Loughnane is a retired Irish race walker. She has competed in four Olympic Games. Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the IAAF for her silver medal. She failed to finish the walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Loughane was born in 1976 in County Cork, the eldest of seven children. She moved to Carrabane, County Galway with her family when she was a child. She currently lives in Coachford, Cork with her family.

She took a win on the 2011 World Race Walking circuit at the Dudinska Patdesiatka in March 2011.

She announced her retirement in February 2013.