# European 1500 metre champion runner and two-time Olympian, 34, who married her partner last month tragically passes away after cancer battle 

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/european-1500-metre-champion-runner-and-two-time-olympian-34-who-married-her-partner-last-month-tragically-passes-away-after-cancer-battle/
- Published: 2026-11-01T14:18:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T14:53:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16256431/European-champion-runner-Olympian-passes-away.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Europe, Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 after bowel cancer.
- She won European 1500m gold in 2024.
- The two-time Olympian married her partner last month.

## Summary

Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 after a battle with bowel cancer. A two-time Olympian and 2024 European 1500m champion, she was one of Ireland’s most successful athletes, and her death has prompted tributes from Athletics Ireland and others.

Mageean, from Portaferry in County Down, was diagnosed with stage four cancer in May 2025 and died on Sunday morning surrounded by loved ones. She won European gold in Rome in 2024 in 4:04.66, having previously competed at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics; injuries forced her to withdraw from the Paris Games. She married her long-term partner, Thomas Moran, in Belfast last month.

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