Ellen Walshe
SWIMMING
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 to 59:32 at the Irish Olympic qualification meet in June 2021. At the same event she broke Grainne Murphy’s 2009 200m IM record in the heats (2:13.17) and lowered it to 2:12.02 in the final.
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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 …
Danielle Hill
Danielle Hillswimming 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 …
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 – September
European Showjumping Championships The Irish Show Jumping team delivered an excellent performance to claim the silver medal in the team final of the FEI Jumping European Championship in Milano, Italy. Reflecting on his team's performance, Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping High Performance Director Blake said: “It’s a brilliant result, we’ve been so consistent all season – but I’m getting …
Performance Round Up – August
World Cycling Championships It was a successful World Championships for Cycling Ireland – with the combined championships seeing Ireland represented in ten different events. During the second day of competition, the women’s team pursuit finished in 9th place. The team maintain a positive trajectory for Paris 2024 qualification with the top 10 ranked nations qualifying …
TEAM IRELAND LEN DUBLIN U23 SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS | TOP OF THE MEDAL TABLE
Irish swimmers delivered three gold and a silver medal at the LEN European Under 23 Swimming Championships 2023 at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre to end the opening night of competition on Friday. Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe and Daniel Wiffen all clinched gold medals with Walshe also adding silver to her collection. Mona McSharry …
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European Youth Olympic Festival: Friday Results
On the penultimate day of competition at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor, Davey Davitt came agonisingly close to a medal in the Boy’s 400m Hurdles, finishing fourth with 53.12, within 0.1 seconds of the podium. There was plenty of Irish support in the Poljane Athletics Stadium tonight, with Oisin McGloin competing in …
European Youth Olympic Festival: Thursday Results
Personal best performances and top-class racing were the order of the day for Team Ireland across athletics, swimming and cycling at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor today. Both Permanent TSB Flagbearers for the Games made their debut at today’s event with Aliyah Rafferty finishing 13th in the Cycling Road Race, and Cian Crampton …
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European Youth Olympic Festival: Wednesday Results
Gritty performance across the board marked a day of mixed fortunes for Team Ireland at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor today. In athletics, there was disappointment for Sean Cronin when he was disqualified in the Boy’s 1500m, while Enya Silkena stamped her mark in the Girl’s Heptathlon, with personal best performances on …
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