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Ireland At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Ireland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Medalists Silver * Sonia O'Sullivan – Athletics, Women's 5000m Results by event Athletics Men's Competition Men's 100m * Paul Brizzell :* Round 1 – 10.62 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m * Paul Brizzell :* Round 1 – 20.98 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m * Tomas Coman :* Round 1 – 46.17 (→ did not advance) Men's 800m * David Matthews :* Round 1 – 01:48.77 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500m * James Nolan :* Round 1 – 03:40.50 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000m * Mark Carroll :* Round 1 – 13:30.60 (→ did not advance) Men's 110m Hurdles * Peter Coghlan :* Round 1 – 14.03 :* Round 2 – 13.86 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles * Tom McGuirk :* Round 1 – 51.73 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m * Paul Brizzell, Tom Comyns, John McAdorey, Gary Ryan :* Round 1 – 39.26 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m * Tomas Coman, Robert Daly, Paul "Junior" McKee, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Federation Of Ireland
The Olympic Federation of Ireland or OFI ( ga, Cónaidhm Oilimpeach na hÉireann) (called the Irish Olympic Council until 1952 and the Olympic Council of Ireland until 2018) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the island of Ireland. Athletes from Northern Ireland have the option of participating under its auspices or in the Great Britain Olympic Team. Its mission statement is "To manage and enhance the performance of Team Ireland at Olympic Games whilst developing the Olympic Movement in Ireland." In 2018 the ''Olympic Council of Ireland'' was renamed as the ''Olympic Federation of Ireland''. History The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. John J. Keane, who was the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Ryan (athlete)
Gary Ryan (born 12 June 1972 in Kilcommon, Tipperary) is a former Irish sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. On retirement he worked for the Irish athletics association as Director of Coaching before leaving in January 2009 for a position with the National University of Ireland, Galway. Ryan won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Robert Daly, David Gillick and David McCarthy. His personal best time is 20.67 seconds, achieved in August 1997 in Catania. Ryan is a member, as of 2019, of the Board of Sport Ireland Sport Ireland ( ga, Spórt Éireann), formerly the Irish Sports Council, is a statutory authority that oversees, and partly funds, the development of sport within Ireland. It is located at the National Sports Campus in the townland of Sheephill .... References * * 1972 births Irish male sprinters Athletes from the Republic of Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Shinkins
Karen Shinkins (born 15 October 1976 in Newbridge, County Kildare) is a retired Irish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ..., as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1999. She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002). The latter is still the national record. Competition record References 1976 births Living people Irish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland People from Newbridge, County Kildare Athletes from County Kildare Olympic female sprinters {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Reilly
Sarah E. Reilly (born 3 July 1973) is an English-born Irish sprinter. She represented Ireland in the women's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Reilly adopted Irish nationality on 7 June 2000. Her husband is Irish high jumper The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ... Brendan Reilly. References External links * 1973 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Irish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters Athletes from Leeds {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Costin
James "Jamie" Costin ( ga, Séamus Ó Coistín; born 1 June 1977) is an Irish race walker from the Gaeltacht area of Old Parish, County Waterford. He has qualified to represent Ireland in the 50km Walk at three Olympic Games. Having finished 38th at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he was unable to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens following a serious road accident where he broke his back. Fully recovered, he represented Ireland at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In March 2009, Costin set a new Irish record of 3.50.52 at a race-walking meet in Dudince Dudince (before 1927 ''Ďudince'', hu, Gyűgy, rarely german: Dudintze) is a spa town in southern Slovakia. It is the smallest town in Slovakia with only a population of around 1,400. It is known for its mineral water, hot springs and destination ..., Slovakia. He therefore qualified to compete in 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He is married to Zuzanna Malikova, a Slovak Olympian. Achievements Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Heffernan
Robert Heffernan (born 28 February 1978) is an Irish race walker. Career At the 2000 Olympics he finished in 28th place, and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified, both in the 20 km race walking discipline. At the 2008 Olympic Games he improved, coming eighth in the 20km Walk. His wife Marian Andrews is also national women's 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women's team that finished 4th in the European indoors. On 27 July 2010, Heffernan won the bronze medal in the 2010 European Athletics Championships in the 20 kilometres walk, posting a time of 1:21:00 (achieved retrospectively in 2014 after Russian Stanislav Emelyanov was found to have committed an anti-doping violation). He also finished 4th in the 50km walk in a national record time of 3:45:30.This was an amazing achievement due to the fact it was just 3 days after the 20 km event. At the 2012 Olympics, Heffernan finished ninth in the 20km race. A week later he finished fourth in the 50km, finishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy McGrath
Paddy McGrath (born 2 February 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Ard an Rátha and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. Though not from a footballing family, McGrath would equal his club's most famous player Anthony Molloy in winning the Sam Maguire Cup (though Molloy was captain) and surpass his haul of Ulster Senior Football Championships. Playing career McGrath is not from a footballing family. He lived at Loughros Point in Ardara. His local club's under-10 manager Eamon McNelis spent much time convincing a reluctant McGrath that he had potential to be more than a spectator. He went on to captain the under-10 team to the Parish League title. He played for Donegal at under-16 and minor level but went largely unnoticed. He played Sigerson Cup football for GMIT. Under-21 McGrath, along with clubmates Conor Classon and Peter McNelis, was part of the Donegal under-21 squad which qualified for the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry McHugh
Terry McHugh (born 22 August 1963) is a retired Irish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best of 82.75 m, set in 2000, is the Irish record. He won twenty-one consecutive Irish Championships from 1984 to 2004. Career During his career, McHugh finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships and seventh at the 1994 European Championships. He competed in four Summer Olympics – 1988 (22nd), 1992 (27th), 1996 (29th) and 2000 (20th). McHugh also competed in two Winter Olympics – 1992 Albertville (32nd in Bobsleigh Men's Two) and 1998 Nagano (27th in Bobsleigh Men's Two & 30th in Bobsleigh Men's Four). www.olympedia.org He is the second Irish sportsperson, after sailor David W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Menton (athlete)
John Menton (born 2 May 1970) is an Irish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Irish male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Sweeney
Nick Sweeney (born 26 March 1968 in Dublin) is a retired Irish discus thrower, who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting 1992 (Barcelona, Spain). He is the current Irish national record holder in the discus (67.89 m), and won a total number of ten Irish national discus titles (1987, 1991–1997, 1999 & 2000). He finished 6th at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. Biography Sweeney went to school in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Reilly (athlete)
Brendan Anthony John Reilly (born 23 December 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a retired two-time Olympic high jumper. Athletics career Reilly won medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Cuba and bronze at the 1995 Summer Universiade. 5 times English Schools Champion, former world record holder for 15 year olds (2.12 m), five times British Senior Champion, European and World Schools Champion. Broke the British junior record at 17 with 2m 27 cm in May 1990. First British teenager to jump over 2.30 m and a personal best of 2.32 m. He represented England in the high jump event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Four years later he represented England in the high jump again, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His personal bests in the event are 2.31 metres outdoors (1992) and 2.32 metres indoors (2000). Personal life Reilly is married to Irish Olympic sprinter Sarah Reilly. He is also an artist with work on display f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |