Which Irish athletes have qualified for the Olympics? The record number of Irish stars set to compete in Paris
With days remaining for athletes to qualify for France, the Irish team stands at 132 and counting
Ireland will celebrate their Olympic centenary this year by sending a record-breaking number of Irish athletes to next month’s games in the French capital.
With days remaining for athletes to qualify for France, the Irish team stands at 132 and counting, blowing the amount of Irish Olympians that debuted in Paris 1924 out of the water. The previous record is the 116 that travelled to Tokyo in 2020.
Sarah Keane, president of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, declared that Ireland are medal contenders at these games.
"We do not go to participate, we go to compete," she said.
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Keane's term as Olympic chief will come to an end later this year following a seven-year stint in charge, overseeing an increased relationship with the Irish government and sending the highest amount of Irish athletes to the games ever this year.
It will also be the most experienced squad of athletes coming from the Emerald Isle. Dublin's boxer Kellie Harrington and Skibbereen oarsmen Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan are looking to defend their Olympic gold medals this year following great success at Tokyo 2020.
Ireland's highest medal tally of six came in London 2012 when only 66 competitors made the trip. With over double that amount this time out, another record could be broken this Summer for the nation.
RTÉ have pledged to broadcast all 17 days of the 2024 games, showing over 250 hours of coverage including Irish athletes on television ensuring audiences are connected with all the action in Paris.
The athletes heading to Paris so far are:
ATHLETICS
Men:
Mark English – 800m
Andrew Coscoran – 1,500m
Cathal Doyle - 1,500m
Luke McCann - 1,500m
Brian Fay – 5,000m
Eric Favors - Shot put
Women:
Rhasidat Adeleke – 200m, 400m, & 400m relay
Sharlene Mawdsley – 400m & women's 400m relay
Sarah Healy – 1,500m
Ciara Mageean – 800m & 1,500m
Sophie O’Sullivan – 1,500m
Fionnuala McCormack – marathon
Sarah Lavin – 100m hurdles
Nicola Tuthill - Hammer
Kate O'Connor - Heptathlon
Mixed 4 x 400m relay team - squad to be announced
Women’s 4 x 400m relay team - two remaining spots to be announced
BADMINTON
Nhat Nguyen - singles
Rachael Darragh – singles
BOXING
Men:
Jude Gallagher – 57kg
Dean Clancy – 63.5kg
Aidan Walsh – 71kg
Jack Marley – 92kg
Women:
Daina Moorehouse – 50kg
Jenny Lehane – 54kg
Michaela Walsh – 57kg
Kellie Harrington – 60kg
Gráinne Walsh – 66kg
Aoife O’Rourke - 75kg
CANOEING SLALOM
Men:
Liam Jegou (C-1 & KX-1)
Noel Hendrick (K-1 & KX-1)
Women:
Madison Corcoran (K-1 & KX-1)
CYCLING
Women’s track cycling team:
Mia Griffin, Alice Sharpe, Kelly Murphy, Lara Gillespie
Reserve: Erin Creighton.
Two men in road cycling to be announced
One woman for road cycling to be announced
DIVING
Jake Passmore - 3m Springboard
Ciara McGing - 10m Platform
EQUESTRIAN
Showjumping:
Daniel Coyle (Legacy), Cian O’Connor (Maurice), Shane Sweetnam (James Kann Cruz)
Three-Day Event:
Susie Berry (Wellfields Lincoln), Sarah Ennis (Action Lady M), Austin O’Connor (Colorado Blue)
Individual Dressage:
Abi Lyle (Giraldo)
FIELD HOCKEY
Men’s hockey team:
David Harte (GK), Lee Cole, Shane O’Donoghue, Kyle Marshall, Peter McKibbin, Tim Cross, Daragh Walsh, Nick Page, Seán Murray (c), Michael Robson, Peter Brown, Johnny McKee, Jeremy Duncan, Matthew Nelson, Ben Walker, Ben Johnson, Jaime Carr (Reserve GK) Jonny Lynch (Reserve), Alistair Empey (Reserve).
GOLF
Men:
Rory McIlroy
Shane Lowry
Women:
Leona Maguire
Stephanie Meadow
GYMNASTICS
Rhys McClenaghan – Pommel horse
ROWING
Men:
Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch – double sculls
Paul O’Donovan & Fintan McCarthy – lightweight double sculls
Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney – pair
Women:
Alison Bergin & Zoe Hyde – double sculls
Aoife Casey & Margaret Cremen – lightweight double sculls
Aifric Keogh & Fiona Murtagh – pair
Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe, Imogen Magner – four
RUGBY SEVENS
Men:
Niall Comerford, Jordan Conroy, Hugo Keenan, Jack Kelly, Terry Kennedy, Hugo Lennox, Harry McNulty (c), Gavin Mullin, Chay Mullins, Mark Roche, Andrew Smith, Zac Ward.
Reserves: Seán Cribbin, Bryan Mollen
Women:
Kathy Baker, Megan Burns, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, Alanna Fitzpatrick, Stacey Flood, Eve Higgins, Erin King, Vicky Elmes Kinlan, Emily Lane, Ashleigh Orchard, Béibhinn Parsons, Lucy Rock (c).
Reserves: Claire Boles, Amy Larn.
SAILING
Men:
Finn Lynch – dinghy
Robert Dickson & Seán Waddilove – skiff
Women:
Eve McMahon – dinghy
SWIMMING
Men:
Tom Fannon – 50m free
Daniel Wiffen – 800m, 1,500m & open water 10km
Max McCusker - 100m medley relay
Darragh Greene - 100m medley relay
Connor Ferguson - 100m medley relay
Shane Ryan - 100m medley relay
Women:
Danielle Hill – 50m free, 100m backstroke & 100m medley relay
Ellen Walsh – 200m/400m individual medley
Mona McSharry – 100m/200m breaststroke
Victoria Catterson - 100m medley relay
Erin Riordan - 100m medley relay
Grace Davison - 100m medley relay
TAEKWONDO
Jack Woolley – 58kg
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