Fionnuala Britton voted European Athlete of the Month for March 2013

The European Athletics website have just announced that Fionnuala Britton has been voted the European athlete of the month for March 2013.

The website said..."Britton was first European home in the senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz on 24 March and was an overwhelming favourite among voters for the female European Athlete of the Month."

Fionnuala also won a bronze medal in the 3000m at the European Indoor Championships at the start of March.

This is the third time that Fionnuala Britton has been named European Athlete of the Month. She has previously won it in December 2012 and December 2011 for her winning the European Cross Country titles.

Fionnuala Britton named European Athlete of the Month for Dec 2012

It has just been announced that the European Cross Country champion Fionnuala Britton has been voted the European Athlete of the Month for December 2012.

Statement....."European Athletics is pleased to announce that the 2012 SPAR European Cross Country Championships' senior women title winners Fionnuala Britton of Ireland has been voted as the European Athlete of the Month for December. Britton, 28, defended her continental title with aplomb in a tactically perfect race in Budapest to become the first senior women to manage back-to-back victories at the event."