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
Day 8 – Team Ireland Paris 2024
Team Ireland’s Gymnastics superstar Rhys McClenaghan has won an Olympic gold medal in the Pommel Horse final this evening, with a magnificent score of 15.533, becoming the first Irish gymnast to ever win an Olympic medal. Cyclist Ben Healy secured Ireland’s best ever result in an Olympic road race with a brilliant 10th place finish this afternoon. Team [...]
DAY 4 | AFTERNOON REPORT PARIS 2024
At the canoe slalom Michaela Corcoran in the women’s C1 placed 21st overall and did not advance to the semi-finals, while Kildare paddler Noel Hendrick did enough over the course of his two runs in the K1 to advance to Thursday’s semi-final, ranked 19th. The Irish women’s rugby sevens team concluded their first ever Olympic Games with an eighth place finish [...]
2024 OLYMPIC GAMES – DAY 3 AFTERNOON REPORT FROM TEAM IRELAND
In Canoe Slalom double Olympian Liam Jegou put in an incredible run in the semi-final of the Men’s C1 to reach his first Olympic final an hour later where he placed an amazing seventh overall. Defending lightweight champion Kellie Harrington impressively defeated Italian Alessia Mesiano in the last 16 to advance to the quarter-finals on Wednesday evening (31st July). Her [...]
TEAM IRELAND TO FEATURE IN TEN SPORTS ON OPENING DAY OF PARIS 2024
Day one of Paris 2024 is set to be a bumper one for Team Ireland as athletes from no less than ten sports will get their Olympic campaigns underway; Eventing (Dressage), Hockey, Swimming, Rowing, Canoe Slalom, Road Cycling, Boxing, Badminton, Gymnastics, and the Men’s Rugby Sevens team return to the pitch. Equestrian The Irish [...]
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 […]