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The Irish have a long established record of encouraging athletes with direct Irish heritage to represent the nation under 'grandparent' citizenship rules, and the Irish Diaspora, including the large number of Irish heritage people in Great Britain, is explicitly recognised in the Irish constitution. The right of people form Northern Ireland to ...
Olympic Games: London, United Kingdom [31] 4 × 100 m relay: 39.26 Ireland John McAdorey Gary Ryan Tom Comyns Paul Brizzel: 29 September 2000 Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia 4 × 400 m relay: 3:01.26 Ireland Brian Gregan Brian Murphy Thomas Barr Mark English: 29 August 2015 World Championships: Beijing, China [32] Distance medley relay: 9:24.10
Irish athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, except for the Berlin 1936 Olympics. Ireland sent a record 134 athletes to the Games, across 15 sports. 2024 also marked the centenary of Ireland's first independent appearance at ...
Ireland enter one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Games. With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the WT Olympic Rankings, the automatic spot associated with the winner defaulted to the Olympic rankings list, from which the first five taekwondo practitioners had already won quota places.
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] On January 24, 2022, the Irish team of six athletes (four men and two women) competing in five sports was named. [3] [4] Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [5]
He missed out on the 1982 European Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games due to injury. Coghlan was eliminated in the 5000-metre semi-finals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics [ 10 ] In 1985, he was a member of Ireland's four-man squad along with Marcus O'Sullivan , Frank O'Mara and Ray Flynn , which set a world record time of 15:49.08 in the 4 x ...
Classification: People: By occupation: Sportspeople by sport: Athletes: By nationality: Irish Also: Ireland : People : By occupation : Sportspeople by sport : Athletes This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Council of Ireland sent a total of 66 athletes to the Games, 36 men and 30 women, to compete in 14 sports. The International Olympic Committee allowed athletes from Northern Ireland the option to compete at the Olympic Games for either Great Britain or Ireland.