Phil Healy

Career A member of Bandon Athletics Club, Healy reportedly "began to fully focus on [athletics]" as a teenager. A video of Phil Healy winning the final leg of the 4 x 400 metre Irish University Championships in 2016 went viral around the world. Her winning run has been described as one of the best athletics comebacks of all time. As she turns into the homestretch, having closed much of an 80-metre gap with the lead runners, the commentator is heard to shout "UCC from the depths of hell are powering through".

She set an Irish 200m national record in July 2018. In the 2018 European Championships, she placed fourth with a time of 23.23.

In a team which included Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker and Sharlene Mawdsley, Healy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Championships. Healy was also a member of the Irish team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Healy announced her retirement from international athletics in June 2026.

International competitions

4th 100 m 11.96 14th (h) 200 m 24.44

26th (h) 100 m 11.53 10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.84

17th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.38 5th 4 × 200 m relay 1:36.90

12th (h) 100 m 11.81 5th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.681

12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.29 15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.02

14th (sf) 60 m 7.40 26th (h) 400 m 54.80 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 7th 200 m 23.81

World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 12th (sf) 400 m 53.26

20th (sf) 100 m 11.46 11th (sf) 200 m 23.23 9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.80

European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 15th (sf) 400 m 53.65 Universiade Naples, Italy 6th 200 m 23.44 World Championships Doha, Qatar 37th (h) 200 m 23.56

European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th 400 m 51.94

26th (h) 200 m 23.21 24th (h) 400 m 51.98 8th 4 x 400 m mixed relay 3:15.04

11th (sf) 400 m 52.40 7th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.97

19th (h) 400 m 53.10 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.63 2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.61

World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.92

15th (h) 200 m 23.51

4 × 400 m relay 3:22.71 NR Olympic Games Paris, France

4 × 400 m relay 3:19.90 NR 200 metres – 22.99 (0.0 m/s, Cork 2018) 400 metres – 51.50 (Belfast 2021) Indoor 60 metres – 7.31 (Athlone 2017) 200 metres – 23.10 (Athlone 2020) 400 metres – 51.94 (Torun 2021)