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Joseph O’Connor

Medals Won

Athlete Information

Date of Birth

2nd June 1904

Gender

male

Hometown

Club Team School Or University

RCSI / British Army Dental Corps

Competitor information

Team Ireland Number

1037

Discipline

Water Polo

Competitive History

Personal Bests

Games Attended

Olympic Results

Game
Result
Amsterdam 1928
Amsterdam 1928

BIOGRAPHY

Joseph O'Connor competed in the water polo competition at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, where Ireland lost their sole match 11-1 to Belgium.

A 1925 graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, he practised dentistry in Dublin for some years before joining the British Army Dental Corps in 1928.

His brother Michael O'Connor also competed in Olympic water polo at the 1924 Paris Games.