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The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The OFI sees itself as representing the island rather than the state, and hence uses the name "Ireland". [2] It changed its own name from "Irish Olympic Council" to "Olympic Council of Ireland" in 1952 to reinforce this point. [2] (The change from "Council" to "Federation" was a 2018 rebranding after the 2016 ticketing controversy. [63])
Rowing Ireland, formerly the Irish Amateur Rowing Union, is the governing body of rowing for Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a cross-border organisation administering the sport in both the Republic of Ireland [ 1 ] and Northern Ireland .
Family Gold Medal/ Total Member (Gold / Silver / Bronze) Relationship Olympics Sports Note Paine 2 / 3 Sumner Paine (1/1/0) 1896 Athens: Shooting - 30 m free pistol (1896), 25 m military pistol (1896) John Paine (1/0/0) Brother: 1896 Athens: Shooting - 25 m military pistol (1896) Doherty 5 / 7 Reginald Doherty (3/0/1) 1900 Paris, 1908 London
[1] [5] He was elected to the executive committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1981 and was in successive Irish Olympic delegations from Los Angeles 1984. [1] He became president of the OCI in 1989 on the recommendation of Lord Killanin, former president of the OCI and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [3]
Sarah Keane is the first female President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, having been elected to that role in February 2017. [1] [2] She is a former member of the Irish water polo team, [3] and is CEO of Swim Ireland, [4] a position she has held since 2004.
Officials, including the President and the International Olympic Committee Delegate, of the National Olympic Committee for the island of Ireland, which has been known over time as the Irish Olympic Council (IOC), Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), and Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).
Pages in category "Irish International Olympic Committee members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .