Lisa Dobriskey, who finished fourth in the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics, will now be resprsented by Flynn Sports Management of Gray, Tenn. The 2006 Commonwealth Games 1500m champion had not previously used a professional manager.
"Lisa is one of the best 1500m runners in the world, and at the age of 24 is poised to do great things in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in her home country," said Ray Flynn, the former miler from Ireland who founded Flynn Sports Management. "She has already run four minutes for 1500m, and has much room for improvement with George Gandy as her coach."
Dobriskey had an active season in 2008, finishing first ten times (including heats) in 26 appearances. According to the statistics website Tilastlpaja Oy, she set personal best times at 1000m indoors (2:44.13), 1500m outdoors and indoors (4:00.64mx/4:08.88), one mile (4:20.35), 3000m (8:54.12) and 2 miles indoors (9:33.78i). She also won two prominent road miles in the post-season: Fifth Avenue in New York (4:18.6) and Great North in Newcastle (4:37).
Dobriskey runs for adidas, and Flynn is looking forward to helping her contend for the world title in Berlin next August.
"We are very excited to work with Lisa," he concluded.
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