Tanya Watson
Diving
BIOGRAPHY
Tanya, whose maternal grandmother hails from Derry, first competed for Ireland in 2018 when she was fifth at the Youth Olympics and seventh in the platform in her European Senior Championship debut. In 2020 she had two top 10 finishes in FINA Grand Prix and two sixth places in 2020. In 2021 she made the European senior final and only missed making the final of the Diving World Cup in Tokyo by two points where her score in qualifying made her the first Irish female diver to qualify for an Olympic Games.
TEAM IRELAND NEWS
Eve McMahon’s Breakthrough Moment As She Wins Her First Senior Medal
Eve McMahon has had so much success at youth and age-level sailing that it is easy to presume her historic bronze medal at the ILCA 6 sailing World Championships in Qingdao in May was expected. The 21-year-old Howth Yacht Club star’s phenomenal trajectory – back-to-back World U21 titles and 13th on her Olympic debut last [...]
TEAM IRELAND WINTER OLYMPIC HOPEFULS GATHER FOR TEAM CAMP IN DUBLIN
MILANO CORTINA 2026 THE TARGET AS HOST OF NEXT WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES This week, the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) hosted six Irish Winter Olympic hopefuls at a team camp in Dublin, with others dialling in online. With just nine months to go until the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games, the camp provided a valuable [...]
Federation of Irish Sport Briefs Oireachtas Members on Urgent Funding and Policy Needs
FIS called for: An introduction of guaranteed year-on-year increases in newly proposed multi-annual funding model An establishment of a national pay frameworkfor the professional sports workforce An implementation of a new1% betting levy to fund grassroot sport programmes The Federation of Irish Sport hosted an engaging high-level briefing in the AV Room of Leinster House [...]
LA28 Open Days: Early Engagement, Key Insights, and Camp Planning for Team Ireland
Chef de Mission Gavin Noble and Deputy Chef Nancy Chillingworth recently returned from the LA28 Open Days — the first official in-person engagement hosted by the LA28 Organising Committee. Their visit marked Team Ireland’s third trip to Los Angeles since the Paris Games, highlighting the proactive timeline the team are working to. At this point [...]
Performance Round Up – May 2025
Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of May: Ellen Walshe setting a new Irish national record in the 400m Individual Medley with a time of 4:35.32, at the 2025 Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale. Andrew Coscoran wins the 3000m in 8:17.56 at the Grand Slam Track meeting [...]
In The News – May 26th
Team Ireland Round-Up | Medals, Records, and Milestones Across Europe and the U.S. ATHLETICS | Gidey’s Breakthrough, Healy Shines, English and Coscoran Impress Efrem Gidey made history on Saturday evening in Pacé, France, becoming the first Irish athlete to win individual gold at the European 10,000m Cup. The 24-year-old surged ahead with just over [...]