Irish 400m  Hurdler Record Holder  Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) have been voted the Male European Athlete of the Month for April.  Barr was rewarded for his European-leading 400m hurdles time of 49.04 to win at the Tom Jones Classic in Gainesville, USA, on 24 April. Eric Futch of USA was second in 49.95 with Great Britain's Jack Greene was third in 49.55. The time for Barr was inside the required qualifying time of 49.50 for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships which takes place in Beijing in August.

Voting for European Athlete of the Month took place through our European Athletics Twitter and Facebook pages over the weekend. Athletes with the most combined Twitter 'retweets' and Facebook 'likes' were crowned the winners. Voting for European Athlete of the Month took place through our European Athletics Twitter and Facebook pages over the weekend. Athletes with the most combined Twitter 'retweets' and Facebook 'likes' were crowned the winners.