
Emily Hegarty
Rowing
BIOGRAPHY
Ten years after taking up the sport Emily won World U23 silver in a four in 2019, and European U23 bronze the following year. The Cork athlete was part of the women’s Four who won the final qualifier for Tokyo, and then one of the quartet that won Ireland’s first female Olympic medal (bronze) at those Games. The same line up were sixth at 2022 World Championships but Emily unfortunately lost all of 2023 to a back injury. After a lay-off of over eighteen months she made her Irish comeback at the opening World Cup this season in the new-look four, who then raced the final Olympic qualifier in May to take top spot and claim a place Paris. A Quercus scholar at UCC, she graduated with a degree in physiology last winter.