Performance – Olympic Ireland

Laura Weber | Multidisciplinary Fashion Designer

100 Years Of Team Ireland, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Team Behind the Team / Kieran

Getting to know a three-time Irish Olympian, ahead of one of the biggest days in her life away from sporting arena, was the genesis for Irish fashion designer Laura Weber designing Team Ireland’s uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies in Paris 2024. Weber, a textile graduate from NCAD, first came to international prominence when [...]

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Performance Round Up – March

Cycling, Equestrian, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Taekwondo / Kieran

Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of March. Jack Woolley Qualifies in Taekwondo For Paris 2024 Three years on from the delayed Tokyo Games, where he became Ireland’s first participant in any Olympic taekwondo event, Woolley has again sealed his place in the 58kg division. Jude Gallagher adds

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The Team Behind The Team – Iain Dyer | High Performance Director Cycling Ireland

Cycling, Games, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Sochi 2014, Sports, Team Behind the Team / Kieran

Given that he has worked with some of the most successful track cyclists in Olympic history the source of Iain Dyer’s passion for bikes might surprise you. “I was one of those 12-13 year olds captivated by BMX in the early 1980s when it first exploded,” reveals the man who became Cycling Ireland’s High Performance

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Women’s Hockey Head Coach Sean Dancer Steps Away

Hockey, News, Team Behind the Team / Heather

Ireland Head Coach Sean Dancer has decided to step-away from the Senior Women’s Hockey programme. It comes just over a month after the team narrowly failed to qualify for Paris 2024, losing to GB in Valencia at the Olympic Qualifiers in January. Dancer joined as Head Coach in May 2019 having moved from his role as

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Team Behind The Team | Sharon Madigan

Boxing, News, Performance, Team Behind the Team / Kieran

For far too long the menstrual cycle was regarded as a monthly burden to be suffered in silence by female athletes and far too taboo to be discussed with their coaches and support systems. But, if monitored properly, it can not only guide women’s training but be the best early warning signal of under-fuelling and

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Dr. Jon Rudd | Team Behind The Team

News, Performance, Swimming, Team Behind the Team / Kieran

There is surely a promising thesis subject in why Northern Englishmen seem to click so well when it comes to elite sports leadership in Ireland. Jack Charlton and Andy Farrell are two outstanding examples and another is Dr Jon Rudd, the Performance Director for Swim Ireland since 2017 and a very proud Yorkshire man from

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Performance Round Up – January

Athletics, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Rugby, Sailing, Snowsports / Kieran

Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of January! Eve McMahon Qualifies a Nation Spot In The Women's Dinghy For Paris 2024 With a race to spare, Ireland's Eve McMahon has secured a nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing regatta (Mar del Plata, Argentina - Tuesday 9th

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TEAM ANNOUNCED: IRELAND AT THE WINTER YOUTH OLYMPICS IN GANGWON 2024

EWYOF Gangwon 2024, Luge, News, Performance, Snowsports / Heather

TEAM IRELAND AT WINTER YOUTH OLYMPICS – GANGWON 2024 Team Announcement, Event Schedule, How to Follow Tomorrow will see the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon begin, with four athletes competing for Team Ireland across three different disciplines. This is the fourth edition of these games, which are held in the Gangwon region of

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Hockey | Olympic Qualifiers – Katie Mullan

Hockey, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Summer Games / Kieran

Their greatest hour to date will forever be associated with a classic festive jingle so there was some irony to the fact that the Irish women’s hockey team have just had such a muted Christmas. An intensive two-week training camp in Spain meant they only flew home on December 23rd and they were back in

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Performance Round Up – December

Athletics, Gymnastics, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Performance, Rugby, Swimming / Kieran

Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of December! Daniel Wiffen Smashes The Oldest Swimming World Record Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen had the swim of his life on Sunday, smashing the oldest World swimming record on the books in the 800m Freestyle Final at the European Aquatics Short Course Championships in Otopeni, Romania. Wiffen,

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RECIPIENTS OF €200,000 IOC SCHOLARSHIP FUND REVEALED – MILANO CORTINA 2026

Ice Skating, Luge, Milano Cortina 2026, Performance, Skeleton, Snowsports, Winter Games / Kieran

The Olympic Federation of Ireland today revealed the recipients of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Scholarships, with a total pot of almost €200,000 to be distributed among eight athletes, to assist them with their preparations for the next Winter Olympic Games which takes place in Italy in 2026. The athletes represent seven different disciplines, representing

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The Mastermind Behind Team Ireland’s Success in Boxing – Zauri Antia

Boxing, News, Paris 2024, Performance, Team Behind the Team / Kieran

Described as ‘the mastermind behind Team Ireland’s success in boxing’, Zauri Antia was the very popular winner of the OFI’s prestigious President’s Award recently for services to Irish Olympic sport. The word ‘mastermind’ conjures up images of an evil genius hiding his secrets in a mountainous lair but there is nothing surreptitious about Antia or

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