Personal information | |
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Nickname | Gilly |
National team | Ireland |
Citizenship | Irish |
Born | Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland | 9 July 1983
Education | St. Benildus College |
Alma mater | Technological University Dublin |
Occupation | Track and field athlete |
Years active | 2003-2013, 2016-present |
Spouse |
Charlotte Gillick (m. 2014) |
Website | www |
Sport | |
Country | Ireland |
Sport | Track and field |
Coached by | Nick Dakin |
Updated on 13 March 2017 |
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Ireland | ||
World Indoor Championship | ||
2004 Budapest | 4x400 metre relay | |
European Indoor Championships | ||
2005 Madrid | 400 m | |
2007 Birmingham | 400 m |
David Gillick (born 9 July 1983, in Dublin) is an Irish international track and field athlete. He began his education in Our Lady's Boys School and attended St Benildus College secondary school in Kilmacud. He studied at Dublin Institute of Technology before moving to Loughborough University in the United Kingdom to train as a full-time athlete with coach Nick Dakin. Gillick specialises in the 400 metres and he won the European Indoor Championship in 2005 and 2007, as well as the Irish National Outdoor Championship in 2006 and 2007. He set the Irish Indoor record of 45.52 seconds in the 2007 final. The time also beat the Irish outdoor record of 45.58 and was within the Olympic 'A' qualifying standard for the 2008 Games. On 4 July 2009 he ran 44.77 seconds in a race in Madrid to set a new national record. He is also the 2009 Irish national 200 m champion.