Claire Bergin
Medals Won
Athlete Information
Date of Birth
Gender
female
Hometown
Club Team School Or University
Competitor information
Team Ireland Number
704
Sport
Discipline
Two Person Bobsleigh, 4x400m Relay
Competitive History
Personal Bests
Games Attended
Olympic Results
BIOGRAPHY
Claire Bergin is the first woman to represent Ireland at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She was a brakewoman in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, finishing 17th - becoming one of the first Irish women to compete in bobsleigh at an Olympic Games, alongside pilot Aoife Hoey.
Bergin was primarily a 400 metres sprinter, competing for DSD AC in Dublin. She took up bobsleigh in 2008 after being approached by Siobhan Hoey, who was looking to qualify Ireland's first women's sled to the Olympics. She had previously competed for Ireland in athletics at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Jamaica, and at European and World Championships.
She was also a member of the Irish women's 4x400m relay squad that qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympics, having been part of the team that ran an Irish national record of 3:27.48 at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu - a record that still stands - though she did not race at the Games themselves.
She is a chartered accountant and went on to represent Ireland in tag rugby at the 2015 and 2018 World Cups.
