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 bronze at World U23s in 2019. He was ninth at Europeans in 2019 and, that November 2019, the first Irish paddler to win gold at a C-1 World Cup event in Pau, which is where he is based fulltime. In May 2021 he was sixth at the last World Cup (in Markkleeberg, Germany) before the Tokyo Olympics. He is only the second Irish man, after Mike Corcoran, to race C-1 at the Olympics.
CANOE - SLALOM NEWS
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 […]
2021 Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Cup.
European Olympic Sprint Qualifier The Irish Canoe Sprint Team got back on the start-line for the opening race of the 2021 World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. The event also played host to the return to competition for Paracanoe, and to the European Sprint Qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Competing for Ireland were Jenny Egan […]
