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2010 ray treacy west waterford ac irl waterford 235px 1.80 david mccarthy -lrb- long-distance runner -rrb-
 3rd -lrb- kaunas , 2009 -rrb- 03 august 1988 ballinamult , waterford providence college david mccarthy
david mccarthy -lrb- long-distance runner -rrb-

david mccarthy -lrb- born 3 august 1988 in waterford , ireland -rrb- is a middle-distance athlete with international medals already to his name .
after being voted irish athlete of the month for april 2009 , mccarthy won the bronze medal in the men 's 5000 metres at the 2009 european under-23 athletics championships in kaunas , lithuania - the only irish medal of the championships .
mccarthy 's third-place finish saw him beaten by gold-medallist mohamed elbendir of spain and french athlete noureddine smaïl - both of whom were african-born .
coached by ray treacy , brother of 1984 olympic marathon silver-medallist john treacy , mccarthy as of the 2009-10 semester attends providence college .
