Ireland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Ireland at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRL
NPCParalympics Ireland
Websiteparalympics.ie
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors35 in 9 sports
Flag bearers Orla Comerford
Colin Judge
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Ireland are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Linda Kelly 		Cycling Women's road time trial B 4 September
 Silver Róisín Ní Ríain Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S13 30 August
 Silver Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Eve McCrystal 		Cycling Women's individual pursuit B 1 September
 Silver Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Linda Kelly 		Cycling Women's Road Race B 6 September
 Bronze Róisín Ní Ríain Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13 3 September
 Bronze Orla Comerford Athletics Women's 100 metre T13

Multiple medallists

Multiple medallists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Katie-George Dunlevy Cycling 1 2 0 3
Róisín Ní Ríain Swimming 0 1 1 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 1 4 5
Cycling 5 5 10
Equestrian 1 3 4
Rowing 1 1 2
Paratriathlon 0 5 5
Powerlifting 0 1 1
Swimming 2 4 6
Table tennis 1 0 1
Total 11 24 35

Including Guides

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Kerrie Leonard Women's compound open 597 21  Zhou (CHN)
L 135-140 		Did not advance

Athletics

Irish track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Aaron Shorten Men's 1500 m T20 — 4.02.71 7
Orla Comerford Women's 100 m T13 12.02 1 11.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greta Streimikyte Women's 1500 m T13 — 4.32.38 AR 4
Shauna Bocquet Women's 100 m T54 17.00 5 Did Not Advance
Women's 1500 m T54 3.35.26 6
Women's 5000 m T54 12.44.52 9 Q 11:50.85 8
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Mary Fitzgerald Women's shot put F40

Cycling

Ireland entered 6 para-cyclists (three men, three women) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[1]

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Eve McCrystal 		Women’s B 1000m Time Trial 1.09.094 5 1.09.447 5
Women's B 3000m Pursuit 3.20.481 2 3.21.315 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Josephine Heailon
Pilot: Linda Kelly 		Women’s B 1000m Time Trial 1.10.808 7 Did not advance
Women's B 3000m Pursuit 3:27.425 5
Martin Gordon
Pilot: Eoin Mullen 		B Men's 4000M Pursuit 5.27.642 12 Did not advance
B Men's 1000m Time Trial 1.01.158 5 1.01.520 5
Ronan Grimes C4-5 1000m Time Trial 1:06.411 8 Did not advance
C4-5 4000m Mens Individual Pursuit 4:28.859 5 Did not advance
Richael Timothy C1-3 3000m Womens Individual Pursuit 4.05.247 7 Did not advance
C1-13 500m Womens Time Trial 41.937 10 Did not advance
Damian Vereker
Pilot: Mitchel McLaughlin 		B4 Men's 4000M Pursuit 4.14.826 7 Did not advance
B Men's 1000m Time Trial 1.06.740 10

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Damian Vereker
Pilot: Mitchel McLaughlin 		B Men's Time Trial 36:31.09 7
B Men's Road Race 3:04:18 8
Josephine Heailon
Pilot: Eve McCrystal 		B Women's Road Race 2:42:05 4
B Women's Time Trial 41:57.61 5
Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Linda Kelly 		B Women's Road Race 2.37.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
B Women's Time Trial 38:16.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Richael Timothy C1-3 Women's Individual Time Trial 24:32.40 12
C1-3 Women's Individual Road Race
Ronan Grimes C4 Men's Individual Time Trial 39:01.83 8
C4-5 Men's Individual Road Race 2:51:20 17

Equestrian

Ireland entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by getting the re-allocation of top African teams, through final world para dressage rankings.

Sarah Slattery originally finished 9th but qualified after a withdrawal

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Qualifier Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Sarah Slattery Savona Individual championship test grade V 68.410 9 Q 71.795
Jessica McKenna Davidoff Individual championship test grade III 65.033 10 Did Not Advance
Kate Kerr-Horan Serafina 65.867 9
Michael Murphy Clerverboy Individual championship test grade I 70.417 9
Team
Athlete Horse Event Individual score Total
TT Score Rank
Sarah Slattery See above Team 68.895 208.545 10
Kate Kerr-Horan 66.567
Michael Murphy 73.083

* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

Paratriathlon

Athlete Event Time Rank
Cassie Cava Women's PTS4 1.37.29 12
Chloe MacCombe

Guide Catherine Sands

Women's PTVI 3 1.10.32 6
Judith MacCombe

Guide Eimear Nicholls

1.11.17 8

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Total Lifted Rank
Britney Arendse Women's 73kg

Rowing

Irish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kate O'Brien
Tiarnán O'Donnell 		PR2 mixed double sculls 9.03.33 4 R 8:40.85 4 FB 8:50.16 8

Swimming

Ireland secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Deaton Registe Men's 100 m breastroke SB14 1.08.49 5 Q 1.07..82 6
Barry McClements Men's 100 m backstroke S9 1.05.36 4 Q 1.05.56 8
Men's 100 m butterfly S9 1:01.85 3 Q 5

Women

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ellen Keane Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 1.24.59 =1 Q 1.24.69 4
Women's 100 m backstroke S9 1:17.63 6 Did not advance
Róisín Ní Ríain Women's 100 m butterfly S13 1.06.40 5 Q 1.06.04 4
Women's 100 m backtroke S13 — 1.07.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 200 m IM SM13 2.30.75 2 Q 2.27.47 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 100 m breaststroke S13 1:19.05 2 Q 1:19.16 4
Nicole Turner Women's 50 m freestyle S6 35.35 5 Q 35.65 6
Women's 50 m butterfly S6 38.10 3 38.59
Dearbhaile Brady Women's 50 m freestyle S6 36.45 10 Did not advance
Women's 50 m butterfly S6 38.73 4 37.67 5

Table tennis

Ireland entered one athlete for the Paralympic games. Colin Judge qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Colin Judge Men's individual C3  Panfeng (CHN)3-0 L Did Not Advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
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