Terry McHugh (born 22 August 1963) is a retired Irish

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athlete who competed in the

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. 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

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at the 1994 European Championships. He competed in four Summer Olympics –

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(22nd), 1992 (27th), 1996 (29th) and

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(20th). McHugh also competed in two

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– 1992 Albertville (32nd in Bobsleigh Men's Two) and 1998 Nagano (27th in Bobsleigh Men's Two & 30th in Bobsleigh Men's Four).Terry McHugh Biography
www.olympedia.org He is the second Irish sportsperson, after sailor David Wilkins, to compete at five Olympics, and the first to compete at six.

Personal life

McHugh has remained close friends with his bobsleigh teammate and former champion

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er Garry Power, who now teaches at a school in the UK. McHugh lives in Switzerland with his wife Daniela (former Swiss 400m runner) and son. He returned to Ireland in 2009 for the burial of Power's father, for whom he was a pall-bearer.

Competition record

Seasonal bests by year

*1988 - 76.46 *1992 - 73.26 *1993 - 78.28 *1994 - 82.14 *1995 - 74.58 *1996 - 72.84 *1997 - 77.90 *1998 - 79.73 *1999 - 78.47 *2000 - 82.75 NR *2001 - 78.19 *2002 - 78.67 *2003 - 72.14 *2004 - 75.57

References

External links

*
Irish Times Profile

1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Clonmel Irish male javelin throwers Athletes from County Tipperary Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Irish male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Ireland Olympic athletes for Ireland {{Ireland-bobsleigh-bio-stub