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Ooh Ah Paul McGrath but Not as You Know It - European Championship Winner with Irish Name

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Spain’s Paul McGrath smashed his personal best to win the half-marathon race walk at the European Championships in Birmingham. The 24-year-old is from Barcelona, but as you can tell by his name, he has very strong Irish roots. His mother is Spanish, while his father is from Scotland with Irish connections, and they were cheering […]

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The Catalan, of Scottish father, achieved his first international gold with the view set in Los Angeles. "After Tokyo I had an existential crisis and I started studying like crazy," he says. Read

·Madrid, Spain
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Mireia Pérez also wins the half marathon race and adds the first gold medals for the Spanish delegation.

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Paul McGrath has now secured his place in history: he is the first European champion in the half marathon race walk. The Barcelona native inaugurated the new distance's record in Birmingham with a superb victory, patiently built and finished solo. Another medal for Spain in race walking. And not just any medal. Read more

·Madrid, Spain
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Paul McGrath confessed at OKDIARIO. “I will run from my home to Monserrat to thank him for the medal,” he said after hanging the bronze World Cup in 2025. Just a year later, the Spaniard of Scottish father, touched the European sky in Birmingham. He enfiled the last meters of the half marathon march between smiles and gestures ... Continue reading “Paul McGrath touches the sky: he becomes the champion of Europe and gives Spain the first gold in …

·Madrid, Spain
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The athlete of Gavà (Barcelona) is the first European champion of the new distance of half marathon march (21 km)

·Barcelona, Spain
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La Vanguardia broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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