Eimear Mullan

Eimear Nicholls née Mullan Portstewart is an Irish former professional triathlete who competes and wins Ironman competitions. Eimear is a multiple Ironman and 70.3 winner and over 30 professional podiums. She holds the Irish Ironman record and is Ireland’s only Ironman champion.
Currently Eimear is a para triathlon guide and competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympics in the PTVI category with Judith MacCombe. She now lives and trains in Portstewart, County Londonderry and has 2 children.

Life

Early career

Before taking up the triathlon Eimear Mullan practiced at the tetrathlon. At university, she studied sports psychology. She graduated in 2007 as a physical education teacher and then she spent some time traveling. She then started to cycle as a sport and this led her to the triathlon. As an amateur, she had already won some national competitions at both sprint and Olympic distance.

Triathlon

Eimear Mullan began her professional career in 2011. In 2012, she won Ironman UK in Bolton and the Ironman 70.3 in Somerset. She became the first Irish winner on Ironman and is the current Irish Ironman record holder with a time of 8.56.51. In 2013, she suspended her teaching career to devote herself fully to her sporting career and joined the TBB team where she was coached by Bella Bayliss and Brett Sutton. In 2014 after representing Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth games in Glasgow she went on to claim the top stop of the Embrunman podium in France. after a third place acquired the year before. In September 2014 she won a fourth victory at an XXL distance when she won the inaugural Ironman of Mallorca. She was elected Irish triathlete of the year in 2014. After a long injury break Eimear returned to racing in November’s 2017 with a victory at Ironman 70.3 Xiamen in China.

Results


2015	Ironman Barcelona		4th
2015	Ironman 70.3 Budapest		First
2014	Ironman Majorque		First
2014	Embrunman		First
2014	Challenge Sardinien XL		First
2014	Triathlon de Gérardmer XL			timing
2014	Ironman 70.3 Somerset		First
2014	Challenge XL Rimini		First	timing
2014	Challenge XL Fuerteventura
2014	Triathlon XL Internacional Portocolom		First
2013	Ironman 70.3 Miami
2013	Ironman 70.3 Salzburg		First	timing
2013	Ironman 70.3 Somerset		First
2013	Challenge XL Fuerteventura			timing
2013	Embrunman
2013	Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez XL
2013	Ironman Klagenfurt		First
2012	Iromamn Pembrokeshire
2012	Ironman Royaume-Uni		First
2012	Ironman 70.3 Somerset		First
2012	TriStar111 Portocolom		First
2011	TriStar111 Monaco	Monaco		timing
2011	Ironman 70.3 Somerset			timing
2011	TriStar111 Portocolom		First