Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target International Qualifications
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HerSport Editor
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April 9, 2025
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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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Danielle Hill confirmed Ireland’s fastest woman with new 50m free record
The penultimate morning of Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials saw Danielle Hill blaze through the NAC pool to cement her status as Ireland’s fastest ever woman. Larne swimmer Hill stopped the clock on 24.95 in the 50m free heat, dipping under the 25-second mark for the first time and setting a new Irish and Championship Record. Hill’s …
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Danielle Hill breaks Irish 50m Butterfly Record
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Grace Fisher
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April 13, 2024
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Swimming
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Danielle Hill starred on the second day of the McCullagh International in Bangor with a new Irish Record in the 50m Butterfly. The Larne swimmer added 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle golds to 50m Backstroke gold won on Thursday. The 25-year-old, who will be competing for a place on Team Ireland for the Paris Olympic Games at the Irish Olympic …
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Ireland relay team secure Paris slot
Though they did not compete at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, the qualification of the Ireland Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay team for the Paris Olympics was at stake depending on other teams’ times. This weekend’s results ensure Ireland’s time of 4:01.25 from the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, remains good enough for a quota spot for Paris 2024. …
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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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McSharry Bows Out Of 200m Breastroke After Second Semi-Final
The Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final took place this afternoon at 1:19pm. Mona McSharry placed 15th in the world with a time of 2:26.27. She will not advance in the 200m Breaststroke, but will be back in the pool on Saturday, July 29, for the 50m Breaststroke. McSharry secured a place in the 200m Breaststroke in the morning of the fifth …
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Ellen Walshe breaks own Irish 200 IM record to qualify for Olympics
Ellen Walshe took over a second off her own Irish record in the 200m IM semi-final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in the process qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Her time of 2:10.92 was well inside the Paris qualifying time of 2:11.47, but unfortunately just barely outside what was needed to progress to the final. She went …
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McSharry and Coyne Through to Breaststroke Semi-Finals
Ireland’s Mona McSharry and Niamh Coyne both advance to the semi-finals of the 100m Breaststroke on day two of competition at the Foro Italico in Rome, having finished inside the top sixteen.
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Irish Open Concludes in Dublin; Hill Claims Sixth National Title
Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Swimming Championships ended at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre today with several swimmers adding to medal hauls. Across the five days, two Irish Senior and two Irish Junior Records were broken as well as five Championship Records. Danielle Hill has impressed all week and closed out the Championships with a sixth title in the 50m …
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