Team Behind the Team – 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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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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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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Dan Magee – The Team Behind The Team | Badminton

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

JUST HOW did a Presbyterian church built over 200 years ago in a small Donegal town become such a hotbed for Irish badminton? Raphoe only has a population of a couple of thousand yet its Badminton Club has produced Irish Olympians and multiple European medals. The local badminton club now primarily trains on the four

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