Sophie Becker

Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as in the sprint events and mainly specialises in the 400 m.

She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record.

Early life
Becker is from Ballykelly in County Wexford where she competed in underage gaelic football for Horeswood GAA. She later attended St Mary's secondary school in New Ross.

She graduated with a degree in genetics and cell biology from Dublin City University.

Career
She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She took part in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.

She was part of the Irish women's relay team that qualified for the final of the women's 4x400m relay in Budapest at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

She ran at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team which reached the final in Glasgow. She ran as part of the Irish 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. She finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.

She was selected for the Ireland team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships to run the individual 400 metres and the relay. The women's 4x400m relay team qualified fastest for the final, with the team before ultimately going on to win the silver medal in a national record time of 3:22.71. Later that month, she won the Irish Championships 400 metres title in Dublin. In July 2024, she qualified for the individual 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.