Derval O’Rourke, the former world champion sprint hurdler and three-time Olympian, has been working to expand what it means to be an athlete since 2003, when her 12.96 seconds sprint at the European under-23 athletics championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, gained her the exact A-standard qualification time she needed for the Olympics the following year. In 2006, she became the first Irish woman to win an indoor world athletics championship, and, since then, her achievements have been plenty: O’Rourke participated in two indoor world championships, five outdoor world championships and the 2004, 2008, and 2012 summer Olympics; she boasts extensive speaking and…

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