Earl McCarthy (born 8 February 1969) is a retired male
freestyle swimmer from
Ireland
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. He competed for his native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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in the 100m and 200m
freestyle.
Earl was the Women In Sport Manager for Swim Ireland in 2008. He is a former Irish Olympian in swimming (Atlanta 1996), previous Irish record holder and National Irish Champion in the 100m & 200m freestyle events. In 2003 he became the oldest male winner of a national title, winning the Men's 100m freestyle. In addition, Earl has over ten years of coaching experience both in Germany and in Ireland. Earl holds a First Class Honour Degree in Sports Management from University College Dublin and a postgraduate diploma in Law from King's Inn. Earl's hometown is Dublin, where he currently resides.
In 2012, McCarthy was an analyst on the
2012 Olympics swimming coverage on
RTÉ Sport.
His sister is Irish author
Karen Frances McCarthy.
References
sports-reference
1969 births
Living people
Irish male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Ireland
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
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