Ciara Peelo (born 1 October 1979) is an Irish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. Born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

, Ireland, Peelo represented

Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ireland competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. It was the 19th Summer Games that Ireland contested as a nation under the Olympic Council of Ireland. Medalists Athletics 16 Irish athletes qualified for 17 different Olym ...

in the women's Laser Radial class, where she finished 20th. She was the Irish

flagbearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

during the

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the ''Bird's Nest''. It began at 20:00 China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00) on Friday, 8 August 2008, as the number 8 is considered to be auspicious. ...

in Beijing.

References

1979 births Living people Olympic sailors for Ireland Irish female sailors (sport) Sailors (sport) from Dublin (city) Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial {{Ireland-yachtracing-bio-stub