Jessie Barr
‘External pressure is a real concern for a lot of athletes. What will people think?’

‘External pressure is a real concern for a lot of athletes. What will people think?’

Jessie Barr enjoyed a successful career as an athlete but eventually injury curtailed her competitive ambitions. A series of stress fractures, calf tears and achilles injuries ultimately forced her off the track earlier this year but she has not strayed too far away from the athletics arena with a transition into sports psychology. The Waterford […]

7 years ago

‘She paved the way for me, she was the athlete’ – Thomas on Jessie Barr

‘She paved the way for me, she was the athlete’ – Thomas on Jessie Barr

‘We’d been doing athletics since I was 11 and he was 8 but growing up the Olympics was never something we had talked about,’ – Jessie Barr. Thomas and Jessie Barr were regular siblings growing up in Dunmore East, county Waterford, but regular siblings don’t always go on to represent their country at the Olympic […]

7 years ago