Paul O'Connor (born 1 January 1959) is an Irish skier, who competed in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

. Despite being from Ireland, originally County Cork, he lives in

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the ...

, and is a practicing Mormon. During the Olympics, he came 69th out of 72 in his race, at the

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. Being aged 43 during the Olympics, he was one of the oldest ever competitors in the sport. O'Connor is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is married with one daughter.

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1959 births Living people Sportspeople from County Cork Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Irish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Ireland Converts to Mormonism Irish Latter Day Saints Irish emigrants to the United States {{Ireland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub