Leona Maguire
GOLF
BIOGRAPHY
While on scholarship at Duke University in America Leona spent 135 weeks at #1 in the world amateur rankings, winning titles like the Women’s Amateur Championship, the Irish Women’s Close and a bronze medal with Ireland at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championships. Two professional wins and seventh place on the Symetra Tour in 2019 earned her first card on the LPGA Tour in 2020. In 2021, her first full LPGA season, she has had four top 10 finishes, with 2nd place at the Lotte Championship (April) and Meijer Classic (June). By the start of July she was ranked 14th in the Tour Championship standings. This is her second Olympics after finishing tied 21st in Rio 2016.
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Stephanie Meadow
Stephanie MeadowGOLF BIOGRAPHY Stephanie’s family moved to South Carolina when she was 13 to further her golf talent. She was the University of Alabama’s first four-time first-team All-American. She was third in the US Open on her LPGA debut in 2014, got her LPGA tour card in 2015 but also lost her father Robert that …
Shane Lowry
Shane LowryGOLF BIOGRAPHY Shane won the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009 and turned professional a week later. In 2015 he won the prestigious World Golf Championship (Bridgestone Invitational) and his career highlight so far was winning a Major - the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. He has had 17 top 10 finishes …
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroyGOLF BIOGRAPHY Rory is a four-time Major champion and former World #1 who has spent over 100 weeks at the top of the global rankings. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional and will make his debut Olympic appearance in Tokyo. He has 19 …
GOLF NEWS
The Mastermind Behind Team Ireland’s Success in Boxing – Zauri Antia
Described as ‘the mastermind behind Team Ireland’s success in boxing’, Zauri Antia was the very popular winner of the OFI’s prestigious President’s Award recently for services to Irish Olympic sport. The word ‘mastermind’ conjures up images of an evil genius hiding his secrets in a mountainous lair but there is nothing surreptitious about Antia or …
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400,000 TICKETS FOR PARIS 2024
Paris 2024 will release 400,000 tickets to the public on the global sales platform on 30th November 2023 at 10:00am (CET) 09:00AM (IST). Tickets for all sports are expected to be on sale. Please logon to paris2024.org to apply on the 30th of November!
120,000 Schoolchildren Signed Up To Dare To Believe Olympic Movement Breaks
We're into the third week of our Dare To Believe Olympic Movement Break Challenge! There has been over 120,000 schoolchildren via 5000 plus teachers getting involved every day with various Olympic challenges. These range from a boxing class with Olympic Champion Kellie Harrington, to running the 400m Hurdles Olympic Final with Thomas Barr. If you're …
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Invitations Open for Paris 2024 Cultural Experience
As Paris prepares to host next year’s Olympic Games, invitations for two key Irish cultural experiences have been extended to the public. The Irish Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Irlandais or CCI) has opened invitations for artists to engage with Team Ireland, meanwhile plans to create an exhibition charting 100 years of Irish participation at the …
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Performance Round Up – November
Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of November! Men's Skiff Qualify For Paris 2024 After six days battling light winds off Portugal's Algarve coast, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove have won the single nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics at this year's 49er European Championship. The place in the …
PTSB Announces 11 Team Ireland Ambassadors ahead of Paris 2024
PTSB Announces 11 Team Ireland Ambassadors ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympic Champions Kellie Harrington, Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, as well as Paralympic Silver Medallist Nicole Turner, among the athletes named. As part of PTSB’s title sponsorship of Team Ireland, the bank is delighted to announce Kellie Harrington, Rhys McClenaghan, Paul …
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