Sinead Diver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sinead Diver

Australian athlete

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1977

Place of Birth: Belmullet, Connacht, Ireland

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sinead Diver ( shin-AYD-dih-ver, shin-AYD-DY-ver born 17 February 1977) is an Irish-born Australian long-distance runner.
She competed in the marathon event at both the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing and the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.Having graduated from the University of Limerick with a degree in physical education and Irish language, Diver moved to Australia in 2002.
She started running in 2010 after the birth of her eldest son.
In 2012, she won the Australian Half Marathon Championship.
Her debut marathon was the 2014 Melbourne Marathon, where she finished as the second-placed woman in a time of 2:34:15.
She won the 2018 Melbourne Marathon in a time of 2:25.17.
This time made Diver the fastest Australian female marathon runner aged 40+.
She set a new personal best of 2:24:11 at the 2019 London Marathon where she was the seventh woman to finish.
She was fourteenth in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 IAAF World Championships.
Her time of 31:25.49 was an over-40s world record.
She was fifth at the 2019 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:26:23Diver works as an IT consultant and has two children.