With the largest ever Irish student athlete, alumni and higher education staff involvement expected as part of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics the Irish Universities Association would like to congratulate and wish the very best of luck to all our university student athletes representing Team Ireland or their home country at the Games tomorrow.
We hope that you achieve your very best and that you have an experience of a lifetime. Good luck and stay safe!
See the impressive list of athletes and coaches below:
Dublin City University
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Sophie Becker, Athletics
Mixed 4x400m | Cell Genetics & Biology
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Cillín Greene, Athletics
Mixed 4x400m | Law & Society
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Andrew Coscoran, Athletics
Men's 1,500m | Education and Training
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Sarah Torrans, Hockey
Ladies Hockey Team | General Nursing
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Nadia Power, Athletics
Women's 800m | Marketing, Innovation & Technology
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NUI Galway
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Dr Patrick O'Leary, Paralympic Canoeing
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at NUIG
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Ciro Prisco, Coach
Olympic Rowing Coach | Head Coach of NUIG Boat Club
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Feargal O’Callaghan, Coach
Olympic Rowing Team Manager | NUIG High Performance Sports Lead
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Trinity College Dublin
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John Tanguay, Paralympic Rowing
Mixed four | MSc in Supply Chain Management
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TU Dublin
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Sean Waddilove, Sailing
49er | Sports Management and Coaching
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Patrick Monahan, Marathon
Paralympic Marathon | Community Development & Youth Work
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Oliver Dingley, Diving
Men's 3m springboard | Film and Broadcasting
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University College Cork
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Paul O’Donovan, Rowing
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Graduate Entry Medicine
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Ronan Byrne, Rowing
Men’s Pair | Nutritional Science
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Emily Hegarty, Rowing
Women’s Four | Process & Chemical Engineering
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Mags Cremen & Aoife Casey, Rowing (partners)
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls
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Lydia Heaphy, Rowing
Lightweight Women Double Sculls (Reserve) | Law
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Tara Hanlon, Rowing
Women’s Four (Reserve) | Commerce
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Mary FitzGerald
Shotput & Highjump | Occupational Therapy
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University College Dublin
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Sarah Healy, Athletics
Women's 1500m | Law
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Hannah McLoughlin, Hockey
Ladies Hockey Team | Economics and Finance
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Michelle Carey, Hockey
Ladies Hockey Team | Biomedical Engineering
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James Nolan, Coach
Head of Paralympic Athletics | UCD High Performance Coach
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Lisa Jacob, Coach
Irish Ladies Hockey Team Manager | UCD Ladies Hockey Coach
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University of Limerick
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Finn McGeever, Swimming
4 x 200 Freestyle Relay | Maths & Physics
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Dr Drew Harrison, Coach
Athletics coach and Associate Professor in Biomechanics at UL
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