Carolyn Hayes
Triathlon
BIOGRAPHY
Carolyn first represented Ireland at water polo. She later dominated the domestic triathlon scene but only made her international debut in 2014 at age 26. She is a doctor but put her medical career on hold in 2018 to train fulltime. Her first World Cup podium was silver in Kazakhstan in 2019 when she was also 6th at Europeans. In 2021 she was second, behind Olympic champion Nicola Spirig, at the World Cup in Lisbon in May and 10th at the World Championship Series in Leeds in June.
TRIATHLON NEWS
TEAM IRELAND TRIATHLETES NAMED FOR KRAKOW EUROPEAN GAMES 2023
Team Ireland is set to field a full team across the Triathlon events at the European Games in Krakow this summer. Tokyo Olympian Carolyn Hayes as well as Erin McConnell will compete in the Women’s Individual event, with in-form James Edgar and Luke McCarron competing in the Men’s Individual race. Ireland will also compete in […]
A Day In The Life Of Triathlete James Edgar | Make A Difference
James Edgar is a 23 year old from Lisburn who last year moved from 600th in the World rankings to just outside the top 100. Kickstarting his 2023 season, Edgar has been on an International podium in three out four races. Not bad for the beginning of May. However, it’s not just triathlon that Edgar […]
PARIS 2024 REVEALS TRIATHLON ROUTE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Paris 2024 have worked with World Triathlon and the relevant public authorities to create the routes that will go through the heart of the French capital. The starting point will be a floating pontoon positioned at the base of the Pont Alexandre III bridge where there is expected to be seating for 1,000 spectators. Pont […]
RECIPIENTS OF OFI MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND
ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED WITH €115,000 DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 16 SPORTS Following an overwhelming response in applications to the Make a Difference athlete fund that was announced by the OFI Athletes’ Commission earlier this year, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has channelled an additional €50,000 directly to athletes. Athletes across sixteen sports were awarded a total amount […]
Eleanor Condon – Triathlon – Women In Coaching High Performance Pathway
Why did you start coaching, what was your avenue into your coaching journey, did someone encourage you in the early days? I started coaching as part of my role as a Development Officer within Triathlon Ireland – initially with the schools programme, Triheroes but as my confidence and skill set progressed I became more actively […]
Olympic Focus on High-Performance Coaches
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, and Gender Equality Month, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has today announced a series of profiles of some of Ireland’s high-performance female coaches, who have been blazing a trail in Irish Olympic sport. The series kicks off today with interviews with two well-known names in Irish sport, Lisa Jacob […]