Nicola Tuthill

[1] She is from Kilbrittain, near Bandon, County Cork, where her parents Norman and Collette run a dairy farm.

[2][4] She qualified for the final at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, finishing in eighth place.

[2][4] Competing at her first senior international contortion for Ireland, she finished second in the 2023 European Team Championships in Silesia in Poland, throwing a lifetime best of 67.85m.

This placed her second on the Irish senior all-time list behind national record holder Eileen O'Keeffe.

She won the Irish under-23 title in Tullamore, Co Offaly, setting a championship record 64.89m.