Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target International Qualifications
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HerSport Editor
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April 9, 2025
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Swimming
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Swim Ireland’s 2025 Irish Open Swimming Championships and World Championships Trials start on Saturday 12th April at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see four hundred swimmers from over 50 clubs compete for National titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on senior National Teams, including the World Aquatics Championships (50m), World Para Swimming …
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Golden Night in Belgrade as Danielle Hill is Crowned European Champion
Photo credit: Sportsfile Ireland has a new European Champion by the name of Danielle Hill following a showstopping performance on night four of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Hill etched her name into the Irish swimming history books with a gold-standard time of 27.73 in the Women’s 50 Backstroke Final. Hill’s gold medal is her first international …
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Swim Ireland’s “Best Five Days This Island Has Ever Seen”
Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials concluded on Sunday evening with five individuals now having secured Olympic Qualification Times across nine events. This week, Danielle Hill and Tom Fannon joined Daniel Wiffen, Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry as individual qualifiers. Ireland have also qualified a Women’s and a Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay with selection to be confirmed in …
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Shortt and Walshe Highlight Friday’s Irish Open Heats
Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials continued at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre this morning with John Shortt and Ellen Walshe highlighting the preliminary rounds. National Centre Limerick’s Shortt looked impressive in the heats of the 200m Backstroke. The 17-year-old was just half a second outside his Irish Record of 1:58.47 touching in 1:59.03. Shortt enters Friday’s …
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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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Fifth Place For McSharry in World Final
Image Cred: Andrea Staccioli/Inpho Mona McSharry swam 1:06.07 in the Breaststroke final to finish fifth in the world yesterday, July 24. McSharry recently broke the Irish Record for the 100m Breaststroke heading into the semi-finals, clinching an olympic qualification, with a time of 1:05.55. Monday, July 23, she swam her second fastest time, 1:05.96, in the semi-final, to advance herself …
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Olympic Federation Of Ireland Announces Team Heading To The Summer European Youth Olympic Festival
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HerSport Editor
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July 14, 2023
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Olympics, Sports
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Yesterday, the Olympic Federation of Ireland named forty-two athletes who will compete across five sports in the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) taking place later this month. The EYOF is the largest European multi-sport event for young athletes between the ages of 14 and 17 and generally occurs every two years. This year it takes place in Maribor, Slovenia …
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Team Ireland Announced For The Para Swimming World Championships
The Irish Para Swimming Team has been announced to represent Ireland at the Para Swimming World Championships this summer. Manchester will play host to the 11th edition of the Para Swimming World Championships from 31 July to 6 August 2023. The team is made up of four Paralympians and one new Irish para swimmer. Ellen Keane spearheads the team as …
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Grace Davison Sets New Irish Junior Swimming Record
Grace Davison set a new Irish record at the Ards Swimming Club Open Club Meet this past Saturday (13 May 2023) at Blair Mayne Leisure Centre, Newtownards. Davison achieved 1:58.75 in the 200m Freestyle, breaking Sycerika McMahon’s 2011 record of 1:59.46. Davison is now a record holder for the 50m, 100m and 200m Irish Junior SC. Davison is an upcoming …
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