Ireland in the Summer 2012 Olympics

Day 1,715, 19:26 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Pearse

With eIreland being in a crucial state right now it can be very stressful and sometimes even a little boring 😛. So let's take our minds off erepublik for a moment and focus on rooting for Ireland's athletes this year in the Summer 2012 London Olympics.

Some quick facts to get through before we look at the athletes we will be cheering for this year at the Olympics.

As of the 2008 Games, Ireland has won 20 medals (8 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze) in Summer Olympic competition.
The Irish athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is swimmer Michelle Smith who won 4 medals (3 gold, 1 bronze) at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

Irish athletes have won 9 medals in boxing (1 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze), 6 in athletics (4 gold, 2 silver), 4 in swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze), and 1 in sailing (1 silver).



The format is Name - Event

Men Track & road events

Brendan Boyce - 50 km walk

Alistair Cragg - 5000 m

Colin Griffin - 50 km walk

Robert Heffernan - 20 km walk and 50 km walk

Paul Hession - 200 m

Mark Kenneally - Marathon

Ciarán O'Lionaird - 1500 m


Women Track & road events


Fionnuala Britton - 5000 m, 10000 m 3000 m, and steeplechase

Linda Byrne - Marathon

Joanne Cuddihy - 400 m

Ava Hutchinson - Marathon

Caitriona Jennings - Marathon

Olive Loughnane - 20 km walk

Derval O'Rourke -100 m hurdles

Stephanie Reilly - 3000 m steeplechase

Laura Reynolds - 20 km walk

Jessie Barr - 4×400 m relay
Claire Bergin - 4×400 m relay
Michelle Carey - 4×400 m relay
Caitriona Cuddihy - 4×400 m relay
Joanne Cuddihy - 4×400 m relay
Marian Heffernan - 4×400 m relay


Field events

Tori Pena - Paul vault

Deirdre Ryan - High jump


Badminton


Scott Evans - Men's singles

Chloe Magee - Women's singles

Boxing

Men

Paddy Barnes - Light Flyweight

Michael Conlan - Flyweight

John Joe Nevin - Bantamweight

Adam Nolan - Welterweight

Darren O'Neill - Middleweight


Women

Katie Taylor - Lightweight


Canoeing

Slaloem

Eoin Rheinisch - Men's K-1

Hannah Craig - Women's K-1


Sprint

Men

Andrzej Jezierski - Men's C-1 200 m

Daniel Martin - Men's road race

David McCann - Men's road race and Men's time trial

Nicholas Roche - Men's road race


Track

Martyn Irvine - Men's omnium


Gymnastics

Artistic

Kieran Behan - Floor


Judo

Lisa Kearney - Women's -48 kg


Modern pentathlon

Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe - Men's

Natalya Coyle - Women's


Rowing

Women

Sanita Puspure - Single sculls


Sailing

Men

James Espey - Laser

Scott Flanigan - 470

Ger Owens - 470

David Burrows - Star

Peter O'Leary - Star


Women

Annalise Murphy - Laser Radial

Open

Matt McGovern - 49er

Ryan Seaton - 49er


Shooting

Men

Derek Burnett - Trap


Swimming

Men

Barry Murphy - 50 m freestyle and 100 m breaststroke

Women

Sycerika McMahon - 100 m breaststroke and 200 m individual medley

Grainne Murphy - 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 400 m individual medley

Melanie Nocher - 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke


Triathlon

Gavin Noble - Men’s

Aileen Morrison - Women’s


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