Caitriona Jennings from Letterkenny, County Donegal is an Irish long distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
A former triathlete who represented Ireland at youth level. Since moving to Dublin she has trained with Rathfarnham WSAF and has been coached by Terry McConnon since 2007. In December 2009 became involved with the Marathon Mission squad and in 2010 she won the Dublin Mini-Marathon. She ran her first marathon in Dublin in October 2011.
Caitriona achieved the 'A' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics with a personal best time of two hours, 36 minutes and 14 seconds at the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon.
Jennings was selected to represent Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon along with Linda Byrne and Ava Hutchinson. It was the first time that three Irish women have competed in the Olympic marathon. In 2019 she finished 3rd in the Comrades with an incredible time of 6:24.12.
