Meet Kate O’Connor, the 24-year-old track and field sensation who just shattered Ireland’s 19-year World Indoors drought! Two weeks after clinching bronze at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, she stormed to another medal in the pentathlon in Nanjing, cementing her place in history. This isn’t just another podium finish—it’s a defining moment for Irish athletics.
Connor has become the first-ever to win not one but two multi-event medals for senior and global levels. And she has been rewriting the record books for years, becoming the first Irish athlete to win a major multi-events medal at the European U-20s in 2019, before grabbing Euro Indoor bronze in 2025, and now, making history as Ireland’s first-ever global multi-events medalist.
Ball.ie posted about Connor’s achievement, with the caption, “WORLD SILVER MEDAL FOR KATE O’CONNOR!!! Ireland’s first medal at the World Indoors since 2006 ” From a promising young talent to a World Indoors silver medalist, O’Connor’s rise is nothing short of remarkable.
WORLD SILVER MEDAL FOR KATE O’CONNOR!!!
Ireland’s first medal at the World Indoors since 2006
Two weeks after winning bronze at the Europeans in Apeldoorn, she’s gone one better in the pentathlon in Nanjing!!! pic.twitter.com/VV3VHt6bOZ
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) March 21, 2025
She has taken the opportunity to be great and has at last broken Ireland’s long-established unfortunate record at the World Indoors, demonstrating that she is more than just an opponent but rather a trendsetter. And with this momentum, who knows what’s next?
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