The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Today marks just two years until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, and athletes from Ireland are training hard to make their goal of performing to their maximum at the XXXII Games in 2020 a reality. Recent results by Irish athletes show that they are well on the path to Olympic Qualification. The results […]
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The 4th NOC open day is underway in Tokyo at the Tokyo 2020 Harumi Triton Office ahead of the two year countdown to Tokyo 2020. OCI is represented by Peter Sherrard, CEO and Linda O’Reilly, Operations Manager. A full agenda will take place over 3 days with updates on Sports and Venues on Day 1
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The Olympic Council of Ireland are in Tokyo to visit the proposed pre-training camps for the forthcoming Games in 2020. Peter Sherrard CEO is leading a group from OCI, Sport Ireland, the Sport Ireland Institute, Athletics and Swim Ireland. A full schedule is planned to include a tour of the various Olympic venues.
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A delegation from OCI, Sport Ireland, the Irish Institute of Sport and Hockey Ireland are on an NOC visit Tokyo in an Olympic venue tour with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. Meetings took place with the Hockey and Swimming Managers of Tokyo 2020. They also met with various Tokyo 2020 departments. Delegates were Martin Burke
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Monday, 27 November 2017: The Olympic Council of Ireland (the “OCI”) has announced the names of twelve athletes who have been awarded Olympic Solidarity Scholarships to assist with qualification and preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Irish Men’s Hockey Team have also been awarded a scholarship to assist in their qualification efforts for the
The Olympic Council of Ireland are in Tokyo, the first planning visit for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The delegation are as follows:- Stephen Martin – OCI CEO Martin Burke – OCI Sports Director Gavin Noble – OCI Athletes Commission, Phil Moore – Irish Institute of Spot Niamh O’Sullivan – Irish Institute of Sport Gillian
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The Olympic Council of Ireland has signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Toyota as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – TOP Sponsorship Programme. The Japanese car manufacturer will provide vehicle support to the Olympic Council of Ireland and Toyota as Worldwide Top Partner will also support the Olympic Channel as a Founding Partner.
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Team Ireland will be involved in the first National Olympic Committee Open Days for Tokyo 2020 ( 3rd – 5th Feb 2017). OCI will be represented by CEO and double olympic medallist Stephen Martin and he will be joined by colleagues from 13 countries including Australia, Netherlands Brasil, Canada, New Zealand and hosts Japan NOC. They
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Zaur Antia has agreed a new contract with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, keeping him with Irish boxing until at least 2021. The highly rated coach has agreed to extend his stay with the IABA until 2021 and is already targetting the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “I am delighted on both a personal and professional
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Swim Ireland have appointment Jon Rudd as National Performance Director (NPD). Jon comes to Ireland with experience in international swimming and will lead Swim Ireland’s High Performance Programme in the next Olympic cycle through to Tokyo 2020. Rudd, currently based in Plymouth, England, is the coach of 2012 Olympic Gold medallist and World Record holder
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On the 17th May the Japanese Ambassador to Ireland Mari Miyoshi accompanied by Yuichi Yamada, 2nd Secretary Press & Cultural Affairs visited the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland Pat Hickey in Olympic House, Howth. It was the first of many visits to come as we approach the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Next year
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Tokyo 2020 Unveils the Emblems of the 2020 Games Inspired by Traditional Japanese Motif Tokyo, 25 April 2016 – Tokyo 2020 today unveiled the official emblems of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, “Harmonized Chequered Emblems.” The design was highly acclaimed by the public and the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee for exemplifying Japan and the city of
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