Ellen Walshe collects multiple golds at Flanders Cup
A month ahead of the World Championships in Qatar (though we’re told she’ll be skipping that event to keep training for Paris), Ellen Walshe is collecting gold after gold with apparent ease at the Flanders Swimming Cup in Antwerp, Belgium. 18 Irish swimmers are competing at the meet, recognized as an international qualifier and the first competition of 2024 for …
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Hill, Walshe, Davison topple national records at Irish Winter Championships
Record after record fell at the last meet of 2023, the Irish Winter Championships at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre. The three-day meet began Thursday, following stellar performances at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Romania the previous weekend from bronze medallist Ellen Walshe and Irish record breaker Danielle Hill. Hill had set six Irish records at those …
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Danielle Hill sets 3rd Irish record in 3 days
Danielle Hill broke her third Irish record in as many days on Thursday, Dec. 7, continuing her impressive form at the European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships. Hill, who broke the Irish 50m freestyle record twice on Tuesday, set a new Irish standard of 26.59 in the heats of the 50m backstroke, winning her heat and progressing to the semi-final …
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Siobhan Haughey defeats Katie Ledecky, Lydia Jacoby to win double gold at US Open
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Grace Fisher
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December 2, 2023
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Charles Haughey, Katie Ledecky, Kotryna Teterevkova, Lydia Jacoby, Mary-Sophie Harvey, Minna Abraham, Simone Manuel, Siobhan Haughey, Tokyo 2020, Toyota US Open
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Hongkonger Siobhan Haughey completed an astounding double at the Toyota US Open on Friday, defeating Katie Ledecky in the 200m freestyle and reigning Olympic Champion Lydia Jacoby in the 100m breaststroke, with a break of only around 20 minutes between the two. The 26-year-old Olympic silver medallist, whose father is Irish, is the grandniece of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey. Haughey’s …
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Body Confident Sport With Ellen Keane | Dove X Nike Body Confident Sports Programme
Ellen Keane is no stranger to the sporting world. The four-time Paralympian was Ireland’s youngest ever athlete, who at just 13 years old, swam at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. She also made three finals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and a bronze in the breaststroke at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. In 2021, Ellen swam to the …
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Swim Ireland Announce Athletes For Upcoming European And World Championships
Swim Ireland has announced three cohorts of athletes who will represent Ireland in upcoming senior international competitions, the European Short Course (25m) Championships and the World Long Course (50m) Championships. For the forthcoming 2023 European Aquatics Championships in Bucharest in December, a team of 17 athletes has been named, spearheaded by European Record holder Daniel Wiffen. The team was selected …
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Celebrating Irish Aquatics Athletes Achievements At 2023 Swim Ireland Awards
Swim Ireland athletes Clare Cryan (diving) and Róisín NíRiain (para swimming) have been named as Athletes of the Year at the 2023 Swim Ireland Awards which took place on Saturday at the Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown. World Para Swimming Champion Róisín NíRiain won the Para Swimmer of the Year Award for her medal-winning performances at the World Championships, where she won …
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Mona McSharry wins silver and bronze in Budapest
23-year-old Mona McSharry has won two medals at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Budapest this weekend: silver in the 50m breaststroke and bronze in the 100m breaststroke. 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗰𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 A very successful weekend for Mona McSharry saw the Irish swimmer claim 🥈 and 🥉 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in …
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Leana Liddane: Ireland’s Rising Star In Swimming And Surf Lifesaving
County Clare’s Leana Liddane has been creating ripples of success in swimming and surf lifesaving, having recently become a double European champion at the 2023 European Youth Surf Lifesaving Championships. The 17-year-old represented Team Ireland at the European Youth Surf Lifesaving Championships, which took place from 20-17 August in Poland. She consistently reached the A finals in multiple pool events, …
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Team Ireland Top The Medal Table At The Inaugural LEN Under 23 European Swimming Championships
Photo credit: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile Mona McSharry in her final year competing as an Under 23, walks away with a hat-trick of gold medals at the LEN Under 23 European Swimming Championships after winning the 200m Breaststroke yesterday, August 13th. To close the weekend, in a stunning display across three day from the whole team and never been done before, Ireland …
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