Danielle Hill
swimming
BIOGRAPHY
Danielle’s time of 1:00:18 at the Irish Olympic trials in June was also her latest Irish record. She was a Commonwealth Games finalist in 2018, a year in which she also dislocated her shoulder during training. She was a finalist at the 2019 European SC Championships, is a student of Sport and Exercise Science at UUJ. She is the fastest ever Irish female swimmer and holds senior records at 50/100m freestyle and 50/100m backstroke.
OTHER SWIMMING ATHLETES
Ellen Walshe
Ellen WalsheSWIMMING BIOGRAPHY Ellen won a silver in 100m butterfly at the 2015 European Youth Olympics and gold in 200m butterfly at the 2017 World School Games. In January 2020 she became the first Irish woman to break a minute for 100m butterfly with her 59:54 victory at the Flanders Cup and she lowered that …
Daniel Wiffen
Daniel Wiffenswimming BIOGRAPHY Daniel, who developed with Lisburn Swimming club, is now a student at Loughborough University. He qualified for Tokyo with a remarkable performance at the Irish Trials in April 2021 when he knocked 22 seconds off his own 800m freestyle PB and 13 seconds off the Irish record. He also holds the Irish …
Finn McGeever
Finn McGeeverSWIMMING BIOGRAPHY Finn grew up on the banks of Lough Derg and is a second-year student at the University of Limerick where he is part of Swim Ireland’s high performance squad. He caused a sensation when breaking the Irish 400m freestyle record at this year’s Nationals in April (3:52.83) and was part of the …
Shane Ryan
Shane Ryanswimming BIOGRAPHY Shane, whose father hails from Portarlington, has won four 50m backstroke medals since 2017. He was World Student Games champion in 2017 and a bronze medallist at the 2018 World SC Championships, the 2018 European LC Championships and the 2019 European SC Championships. He made the 100m backstroke semi-finals at the 2016 …
Darragh Greene
Darragh GreeneSWIMMING BIOGRAPHY First Irishman to break one minute for 100m breaststroke in European semifinal in 2018 but beaten in a ‘swim-off’ for place in the final. Made semi-finals of 50m breaststroke at 2019 World Championships and 2019 European (short-course) Championships. Holds Irish senior records in 50m/100m/200m breaststroke. His 100m national record of 59:76 seconds …
Brendan Hyland
Brendan HylandSWIMMING BIOGRAPHY Brendan, a 15-time Irish champion, was Ireland’s 2019 High Performance Swimmer of the Year and has made finals at the 2021 and 2019 (SC) European Championships. In 2019 he broke the Irish 200m butterfly record at the World Championships, finally breaking 1:57 with his 1:56.55 in the semi-finals to place 11th overall. …
Jack McMillan
Jack McMillanSWIMMING BIOGRAPHY Part of Irish team who broke national 4x200m record twice at this year’s European Championship, finishing fifth in final when they lowered it to 7:12.00. He set an Irish 200m SC freestyle record of 1:42.74 at the 2019 Europeans and smashed that with 1:42.18 in December 2020. Jack won gold in 200m …
Mona McSharry
Mona McSharrySWIMMING BIOGRAPHY Sligo star Mona, who developed at Ballyshannon Marlins club, was world junior champion at 100m Breaststroke and European Junior champion at 50m and 100m breaststroke in 2017 and won a senior European SC bronze (50m breaststroke) in 2019. In 2016 she won silver (100m) and bronze (50m) at European Juniors. In 2017 …
SWIMMING NEWS
Performance Round Up – Team Ireland
April was a month to remember for Irish athletes and Team Ireland fans. A new European Champion, National Records, athletes writing themselves into the history books. The level of performance has risen and Irish athletes are now setting times that are World leading. Take a look at some of the action and results below. …
Wiffen Leads Twelve Strong Team for World Swimming Championships
Ireland Teams Announced for Summer Internationals World Number 1 Daniel Wiffen will lead a 12-strong Ireland swimming team into this July’s World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Wiffen’s recent performances at the Stockholm Open see him as the current world leader in both the 1500m and 800m Freestyle, with his 1500m performance making him one …
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Wiffen Breaks Irish Record Securing Stockholm Gold
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen has set a new Irish Senior Record in the 400m Freestyle on the opening day of the Stockholm Swim Open in Sweden. The Tokyo Olympian posted a time of 3:44.35, knocking over two seconds off his own Irish Record of 3:46.22 set at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The time ranks …
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Irish Open Swimming Championships – Preview
Ireland’s Top Swimmers Chase International Qualifications 29th March 2023 Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Swimming Championships start on Saturday (1st April) at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see almost five hundred swimmers from seventy clubs compete for national titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on seven Irish National Teams, …
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 …
Three Irish Divers Selected for 2023 World Championships
Three Irish divers have been announced to represent Ireland at the upcoming World Aquatics Championships, an opportunity at qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. European finalists Clare Cryan and Ciara McGing and World Junior medallist Jake Passmore will represent Ireland at the Championships from July 15th – 22nd in Fukuoka, Japan. Cryan and McGing, have both …
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