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Jennifer Lehane (women's bantamweight), Daina Moorehouse (women's flyweight) and Grainne Walsh (women's welterweight) and Aidan Walsh (men's welterweight) secured their spots following their triumphs in quota bouts, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. [17] The team was officially named on 28 June 2024.
This is a list of track and field athletes of Ireland who participated in the Summer Olympics. This category should only be used for Olympians of Ireland participating in athletics (sport) . All other Olympians of Ireland should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory.
Ireland women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team berths available from the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Canada 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out, having drawn 0–0 on aggregate over a two-match playoff in Dublin. This will be the first time Ireland compete in women's field ...
Given the size of the Irish diaspora, particularly Irish Americans and the Irish migration to Britain, it was common for such emigrants to represent their adopted nations. The first independent Irish team at the Olympics appeared in the 1924 Paris Games, with Irish athletes previously competing for Great Britain. [1]
Prior to 1922, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: thus, competitors at earlier Games who were born and living in Ireland are counted as British in Olympic statistics. At early Olympics, Irish-born athletes also won numerous medals for the United States and Canada, notably the "Irish Whales" in throwing events.
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] All members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere. [6]
Despite this, she was the Irish 1500m champion in 2021. [6] From February 2021, she began to improve her performances in an attempt to take part in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, after the World Student Games were cancelled. [11] She made the qualification for the Ireland Olympic team following results in Europe ahead of the Games. [11]
Sarah Kate Lavin (born 28 May 1994) is an Irish athlete specialising in the high hurdles. [1] She finished fourth at the 2019 Summer Universiade.In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships and represented Ireland at the 2020 Summer Games. [2]