Ireland rowing team announced for Paris Olympics

A record number of crews has qualified for Team Ireland at these Games, with 16 athletes to compete across seven boats. The rowing events occur in Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, to the southeast of the city, and run from July 27 until August 2.

The Team Ireland rowing team includes nine Tokyo Olympians and six rowers with Olympic medals.

Speaking on the official selection, Tokyo Olympic Champion, Fintan McCarthy, said: “It’s been a great Olympic cycle for the whole team, and we are excited to just get out there in Paris and perform to our best.

“These opportunities don’t come around too often, so I’m looking forward to putting in the final touches over the coming weeks and enjoying it. In Paris, the atmosphere will be something else and a very different experience to Tokyo, and that’s something we are also excited about.”

Olympic Federation of Ireland Chef de Mission for Paris 2024, Gavin Noble said: “In Ireland, we have such a strong tradition in rowing, and in Olympic rowing. In our centenary year, we should be entering a team of this calibre.

“The qualification of seven boats demonstrates the success of the high-performance rowing programme at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.

“We are looking forward to supporting the entire team, and their ambition, as they approach the Olympic regatta in Paris next month.”

IRELAND OLYMPIC ROWING TEAM

Men’s Lightweight Double Scull

Paul O’Donovan (Skibbereen, Co Cork)

Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen, Co Cork)

Women’s Lightweight Double Scull

Margaret Cremen (Rochestown, Cork)

Aoife Casey (Skibbereen, Co Cork)

Men’s Double Scull

Philip Doyle (Banbridge, Co Down)

Daire Lynch (Clonmel, Co Tipperary)

Women’s Double Scull

Zoe Hyde (Killorglin, Co Kerry)

Alison Bergin (Kildinan, Co Cork)

Men’s Pair

Ross Corrigan (Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh)

Nathan Timoney (Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh)

Women’s Pair

Aifric Keogh (Na Forbacha, Co Galway)

Fiona Murtagh (Moycullen, Co Galway)

Women’s Four

Emily Hegarty (Skibbereen, Co Cork)

Natalie Long (Cobh, Co Cork/Johannesburg, South Africa)

Eimear Lambe (Cabra, Dublin)

Imogen Magner (Killavullen, Co Cork/Cambridge, England)

Holly Davis (Ballincollig, Cork) (reserve)