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Róisín Ní Ríain
Róisín Ní Ríain ( ; born 7 May 2005) is an Irish competitive Para swimmer in the S13 classification. She is a Paralympic silver medallist and has been both European champion and world champion. Career She competed at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships and won a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke S13 event. She competed at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships and won bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly S13 events. She was the youngest athlete for Ireland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics but she did not medal. She was Ireland's only medalist in swimming at the 2024 Paralympics after winning two medals a silver in the 100m backstroke and a bronze in the 200m Individual medley and finished 4th in her two other events. She was Grand Marshal of Limerick's 2025 St Patrick's Day Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Swimming
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming (sport), swimming for athletes with disability, disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Swimming at the Summer Paralympics, Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Both men and women compete in para swimming, racing against competitors of their own gender. History Para swimming made its Paralympic debut at the 1960 Summer Olympics games in Rome, featuring 77 athletes from 15 nations competing in 62 medal events. At its inception, the sport was limited to athletes with spinal cord injuries. Eligibility expanded in subsequent decades to include a broader range of physical, visual, and intellectual impairments. A major milestone occurred at the Toronto 1996 Summer Paralympics, 1976 Paralympic Games with the inclusion of events for amputee and visually impaired athletes, significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 Metre Butterfly
The women's 100m butterfly events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre The Manchester Aquatics Centre, abbreviated MAC, is a public List of water sports, aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolit ... between 31 July and 6 August. Medalists Results S13 ;Final Seven swimmers from six nations took part. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Para Swimming Championships - Women's 100 metre butterfly 2023 World Para Swimming Championships 2023 in women's swimming World Para Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympics Ireland
Paralympics Ireland (formerly known as the Paralympic Council of Ireland) is the National Paralympic Committee in Ireland for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Irish competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The organisation was established the Paralympic Council of Ireland in 1987, as a Coordination Committee for the 1988 Summer Paralympics. They rebranded with a new logo in 2005. The organisation rebranded again in 2011 with a new logo and a name change to Paralympics Ireland. They launched a new tagline, Inspiring Beyond Belief. Paralympics Ireland coordinates Ireland at the Paralympics and Ireland at the World Championships. See also *Olympic Federation of Ireland References External links Official website Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheranism, Lutheran Church. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and, by extension, celebrates the Culture of Ireland, heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilithe, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks. Christians who belong to liturgical denominations also attend church services. Historically, the Lenten restrictions Christian fasting, on fasting and Christianity and alcohol, drinking alcohol were lifted for the day, which has encouraged the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety of celebration. The term "parade" may also be used for multiple different subjects; for example, in the Canadian Armed Forces, "parade" is used both to describe the procession and in other informal connotations. Protest demonstrations can also take the form of a parade, but such cases are usually referred to as a march instead. History The first parades date back to , only being used for religious or military purposes. The Babylonians celebrated Akitu by parading their deities and performing rituals. To celebrate the federal government's victory in the American Civil War, 145,000 Union soldiers marched in a two-day Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C. They passed before the President, the Cabinet, and senior officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland At The 2024 Summer Paralympics
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.The 2022 population of the Republic of Ireland was 5,123,536 and that of Northern Ireland in 2021 was 1,903,100. These are Census data from the official governmental statistics agencies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Originally scheduled to take place from 25 August to 6 September 2020, both the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were postponed by a year in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rescheduled Games still referred to as ''Tokyo 2020'' for marketing and branding purposes. As with the Olympics, the Games were largely held Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors with no outside spectators due to a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area and other prefectures. The Games were the second Summer Paralympics hosted by Tokyo since 1964 Summer Paralympics, 1964, and the third Paralympics held in Japan overall since the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano (city), Nagano. Due to the postp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Ireland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Medalists Archery ;Women's individual Athletics ;Men's track ;Women's track ;Men's field ;Women's field Cycling Ireland are sending 4 male and 3 female cyclists to the Paralympics. The 4 men are the pair of Martin Gordon & Eamon Brynes, Ronan Grimes and Gary O' Reilly. The 3 women are the pair of Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal and Richael Timothy. ;Men's road ;Women's road ;Men's track ;Women's track Equestrian Ireland are sending 4 para dressage competitors over to the Paralympics. The 4 riders are Tamsin Addison with her horse Fahrenheit 212, Rosemary Gaffney with her horse Werona, Michael Murphy with his horse Cleverboy and Kate Kerr Horan with her horse Serafina T. ;Individual ;Team * Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total. Paracanoeing ;Men Powerlifting ;Women Shooting Ireland en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships
The 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships took place in Funchal, Portugal from 16 to 22 May 2021. It was the sixth edition of the championships. The event was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Schedule 158 scheduled events took place. Medal table After Day 7 Broken records Participating nations The championships served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Not only were there European countries competing, some South American and Asian countries also took part because the games were an open championship. * (1) * (4) * (2) * (11) * (5) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (8) * (2) * (1) * (11) * (2) * (3) * (5) * (16) * (2) * (16) * (9) * (15) * (10) * (2) * (5) * (9) * (29) * (6) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (15) * (8) *''Refugee Para Team'' (1) * (2) * (43) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (41) * (8) * (4) * (7) * (43) * (1) See also *2020 European Aquatics Championships * 2020 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships
The 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships took place in Funchal, Portugal from 21 to 27 April 2024. It was the 7th edition of the Championships and the third hosted in Portugal. Italy topped the medal table, followed by Ukraine and the Netherlands. The Championships were also open to non-European nations to offer athletes and teams an important test ahead of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. Medals European Performances by guest non-european swimmers are ignored for the purposes of the European championships results, and the top three Europeans in each event receive gold, silver and bronze medals. Italy topped the medal table in golds, with Ukraine earning the most total medals for the fifth time in a row. Ukraine dominated men's swimming with 15 golds, while Italy led women's swimming with 13 golds. Hosts Portugal finished 20th, with 3 medals, all of which were silver. Open Performances by non-European competitors are recognised in the open classification, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Para Swimming European Championships
The World Para Swimming European Championships (World Para Swimming European Open Championships), known until 2018 as the IPC Swimming European Championships, are the European continental championships for Paralympic swimming, swimming where athletes with a disability compete. Each championship is organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and behind the World Para Swimming Championships and the Summer Paralympic Games is the largest meet for European athletes. No championships were held in 2022. European championships Medals (2009-2024) 2009 medal table 2011 medal table 2014 medal table 2016 medal table 2018 medal table 2020 medal table 2024 medal table * Hong Kong was guest in 2009. * Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Kazakhstan were guests in 2021. * Australia, Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, United States and Uzbekistan were guests in 2024. See also * World Para Swimming Championships * Swimming at the Summer Paralympics * List of IPC worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
