Liam Jegou
Canoe - Slalom
BIOGRAPHY
Liam grew up in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare but moved to France, aged seven, when his French dad; a canoe instructor, got a job there. He won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2014 and, despite hip surgery in 2017, won bronze at World U23s in 2019. In November 2019 he was the first Irish C1 paddler to win gold at a World Cup event, in Pau where he is based fulltime. In Tokyo he became only the third Irish man, after Mike Corcoran and Stephen O’Flaherty, to race C1 at an Olympic Games and finished 15th. Liam was 16th at the 2022 European Championships, and 30th and 31st respectively at the last two World Championships. He finished 24th at the 2023 European Games, and was also 24th at the Paris test event last October. This year he was a semi-finalist at the World Cup in Prague but he has largely concentrated on training rather than competition.
CANOE NEWS
CANOE SLALOM ATHLETES SELECTED FOR TEAM IRELAND IN PARIS 2024
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the canoe slalom athletes who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. In what will be the biggest team since 1996, Ireland will be entering an athlete in all four boat allocations available and are entering a fully gender balanced team in [...]
PERMANENT TSB FLAGBEARERS NAMED FOR KRAKOW 2023
Tokyo Olympians Sarah Lavin & Liam Jegou to carry Flag at European Games Opening Ceremony Tokyo Olympians Sarah Lavin and Liam Jegou have been named by the Olympic Federation of Ireland as the Permanent TSB Team Ireland Flagbearers for the European Games in Krakow this month. The multi-sport Games will see 121 athletes compete […]
Nine Strong Team of Canoeists to Compete at European Games
Team Ireland will have strong representation in the Canoeing events at the European Games in Krakow, with eight Canoe Slalom athletes and one Canoe Sprint athlete named by the Olympic Federation of Ireland today. Jenny Egan is the sole competitor to race in the Canoe Sprint, which runs from 22 – 24 June, while six […]
AFTERNOON ROUND-UP FOR TEAM IRELAND ON DAY THREE OF TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES
Three Irish athletes were in action in Tokyo this afternoon, with boxer Michaela Walsh defeated by long-time foe Irma Testa of Italy in her Women’s Feather Round of 16 bout earlier. Canoeist Liam Jegou also lost out in the semi-finals of the Canoe Slalom, finishing out in 15th place – outside of the top 10 […]
PUSPURE POWERS INTO OLYMPIC SEMI-FINAL
In her third Olympic Games, the current World Champion in the Women’s Singles Sanita Puspure won her quarter-final in impressive style in today’s race in Tokyo, and will now compete in the semi-final A/B next Tuesday. The Women’s Pair of Monika Dukarska and Aileen Crowley and the Lightweight Women’s Double of Margaret Cremen and Aoife […]
CANOEING, SAILING AND EQUESTRIAN ALL IN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON FOR TEAM IRELAND IN TOKYO
Both Liam Jegou (canoeing) and Annalise Murphy (sailing) had a second race this afternoon in Tokyo, with Jegou putting in a superb second run display to qualify for the Men’s C1 Canoe Slalom semi-finals. A solid race from Annalise Murphy in the Laser Radial also saw her finish in 12th place, while Team Ireland Dressage […]