Sharlene Mawdsley: From Grass Track to Olympic Dreams

In this instalment of our Women in Sport series, we chat to Sharlene Mawdsley on everything from her earliest sporting memories to her greatest goals and proudest achievements.

Sharlene Mawdsley is an Irish 400m sprinter with her eyes firmly fixed on becoming an Olympian. The Tipperary native is a sociology graduate from University of Limerick.Coming second in the community games in Mosney when I was an u10. I couldn’t believe that I won a medal. It was a grass track and I ran in my bare feet. Just before my final Sonia O’ Sullivan did a lap around the course where all of the athletes followed, but I stayed waiting for my race to start and tried not to waste my energy.

What message would you like to share with young women and girls interested in pursuing a career as an athlete? To enjoy the process and don’t get caught up in the results. I was never particularly good growing up. When I won my first medal at the community games, I didn’t win another for years after. I never looked at being an athlete as a career when I was younger; but because I loved it, I stuck with it and it brought me some of the best moments of my life.For me this is a difficult question, there are so many women I admire in the sport.

I think sport brings a huge sense of purpose and for me, it supports me with likeminded people. Being able to connect with people through sport is such an amazing thing.: By clicking subscribe, you agree to receiving future communications from IMAGE and are happy for your data to be shared with IMAGE.

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