Sanita Puspure

Rowing

BIOGRAPHY

Sanita is the back-to-back World (2018- 2019) and European Champion (2019-2020) who has never dropped outside world’s top four scullers since 2017. Finished fourth in quarter-finals at her two previous Olympics (2012 & 2016) and was Ireland’s only rower in London 2012. She won bronze in this year’s World Cup II and skipped Europeans to concentrate on Tokyo. Competed for her native Latvia from 1999-2003, moved to Ireland in 2006 and resumed international rowing for Ireland in 2010.

Gender

Female

Discipline

Women’s Single

Date Of Birth

December 21, 1981

Hometown

Ballincollig, Cork

OTHER ROWING ATHLETES

Nathan Timoney

Imogen Magner

Daire Lynch

Nathalie Long

Zoe Hyde

Holly Davis*

Ross Corrigan

Alison Bergin

Fiona Murtagh

Aifric Keogh

Monika Dukarska

Tara Hanlon

Eimear Lambe

Emily Hegarty

Aileen Crowley

Ronan Byrne

Aoife Casey

Fintan McCarthy

Philip Doyle

Paul O’Donovan

Margaret Cremen

ROWING NEWS

In The News – July 7th

Equestrian – Spruce Meadows, Canada  Daniel Coyle Won the $1 million ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup, producing two flawless rounds with Incredible and winning the jump-off in 35.21 seconds. He edged out USA’s Kyle King by just 0.08 seconds to take his first-ever 5★ Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows.  “It only took 10 years,” Coyle [...]

Sport Events Coming up in July

We are at the start of a jam packed July, check here for information on the upcoming events?   DATES EVENT (SPORT) 27 June – 6 July EQUESTRIAN Team Ireland – World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen – Aachen, Germany LINK 28-29 June ATHLETICS Team Ireland – European Athletics Team Championships Division 2 – Maribor, Slovenia LINK [...]

RTE Sportsperson of the Year | Paul O’Donovan

"Phenomenal" Paul O'Donovan was hailed "an all-time great" as he was crowned RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year for 2024 on Sunday evening. The Cork rower became the first Irish Olympian to win medals at three consecutive Olympic Games in August as he claimed gold at the double sculls in Paris in a year where [...]

Nominations For RTE Sportsperson of the Year

Next Sunday evening, December 15th at 9:30 pm, the RTÉ Sport Awards 2024 will air live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player. Hosted by Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney, and Jacqui Hurley from Studio 4 in RTÉ, the event will celebrate Irish sporting excellence in front of an audience filled with the nation’s top athletes. [...]

BACK-TO-BACK OLYMPIC GOLD FOR FINTAN MCCARTHY AND PAUL O’DONOVAN

Team Ireland rowers Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan (LM2x) have sensationally won back-to -back Olympic gold medals. The Skibbereen superstars rowed the perfect race to become double Olympic champions in front a massive Irish crowd in Paris. In doing the remarkable duo have won Team Ireland’s fifth medal at these Paris Olympic Games, after team [...]

Medal For Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch at Paris 2024

Team Ireland rowers Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch have won a brilliant Olympic bronze medal in the final of the Men’s Double Sculls (M2x) at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In doing the Irish duo have won Team Ireland’s fourth medal at these Olympic Games, after Mona McSharry claimed bronze, Daniel Wiffen gold, and [...]

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