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Robert Heffernan was born on 28 February, 1978 in Cork, Ireland, is an Irish race walker. Discover Robert Heffernan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?
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Cork, Ireland |
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He is a member of famous walker with the age 46 years old group.
Robert Heffernan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 46 years old, Robert Heffernan height is 1.71m and Weight 58 kg.
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1.71m |
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58 kg |
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Who Is Robert Heffernan's Wife?
His wife is Marian Heffernan
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Marian Heffernan |
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Robert Heffernan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Robert Heffernan worth at the age of 46 years old? Robert Heffernan’s income source is mostly from being a successful walker. He is from Ireland. We have estimated Robert Heffernan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
His wife Marian Andrews is also national women's 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women's team that finished 4th in the European indoors.
He also finished 4th in the 50km walk in a national record time of 3:45:30, a notable achievement just three days after the 20 km event.
Robert Heffernan (born 28 February 1978) is an Irish race walker.
At the 2000 Olympics he finished in 28th place in the 20 km walk, and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified.
At the 2008 Olympic Games he improved, coming eighth in the 20 km walk.
The athlete was retrospectively suspended during specific periods between 2009 and 2012 by his federation (RUSADA) and had most of his results annulled —including world titles, but not his Olympic title.
The IAAF were unhappy with the verdict made by the Russian Athletics federation and made it clear that they would be taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) believing that the ban should include his participation in the London Olympics.
In a statement, the IAAF disagreed with the selective disqualification of results applied by RUSADA.
On 27 July 2010, Heffernan won the bronze medal in the 2010 European Athletics Championships in the 20 kilometres walk, posting a time of 1:21:00 (achieved retrospectively in 2014 after Russian Stanislav Emelyanov was found to have committed an anti-doping violation).
At the 2012 Olympics, Heffernan finished ninth in the 20km race.
A week later he finished fourth in the 50km, finishing seven minutes faster than the previous national record.
His achievements in London were the top two performances for the Irish Athletics team at the 2012 Olympics.
On 14 August 2013, Heffernan finished first in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics 50km event in Moscow, finishing over a minute clear of the silver medal position with a winning time of 3:37:56.
Speaking after the race Heffernan said "Its surreal, it's just a great feeling," he said.
"When I came into the stadium it just felt like an out of body experience. It's hard to take it all in at the moment. I'm delighted."
The winning time was the fastest time in the world in 2013 by more than three minutes.
In November 2022, Heffernan was announced as performance coach of the Cork senior footballers, working under the management of John Cleary.
Heffernan is married to Marian Heffernan, a 400M Olympian, and lives with his wife and family in Cork city.
In early 2015, it was revealed that a number of Russian male and female champion racewalkers were under investigation for doping violations including the winner of the 50 km walk in London, Sergey Kirdyapkin.
On 24 March 2016, the court of Arbitration for Sport favoured the IAAF and Heffernan was upgraded to Olympic Bronze.
He received his bronze medal in November 2016.
He has written an autobiography of his life called Walking Tall in 2016.
His son Cathal Heffernan plays football for Newcastle United's U21 squad and was captain of the Republic of Ireland under-17 national squad.