Cork's Phil Healy named Athlete of the Month

Phil Healy has been named as the European Athletics January Athlete of the Month.

Thrilled to have been selected as @EuroAthletics Female athlete of the month, for January. Thanks to all who have voted on twitter and Facebook 😊😊 https://t.co/0elYuzumdY

— Phil Healy (@philhealy2) February 6, 2018

The Ballineen native made headlines after she improved her personal best time by over a second at the recent Austrian Indoor Championships in Vienna.

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Video of @philhealy2 and her 52.08 400m solo run pic.twitter.com/xQC200gyv0

— Club TLG (@ClubTLG) January 27, 2018

She recently finished second with an impressive time of 52.67 at the World indoor tour event in Karlsruhe.

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