Emily Hegarty

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Emily Hegarty
Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Ireland).jpeg
Hegarty at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 27)
Skibbereen, Ireland [1]
Sport
Sport Rowing
Medal record
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Coxless four

Emily Hegarty (born 3 August 1998) is an Irish rower. [2] She competed in the women's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. [3] At the same Olympics, her third cousin Paul O'Donovan also won a gold medal for rowing in the lightweight double sculls. [4] [5] Along with her team-mates, she was named as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for July 2021. [6]

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Early life

Emily Hegarty was born on the 3rd August 1998 to Jerry and Mary Hegarty, the second of their three children. Hegarty started rowing at age 11. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing - HEGARTY Emily". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Emily Hegarty". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle their way to bronze". RTE Sport. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Skibbereen Olympic medallists Paul and Emily are related!". Southern Star. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Paul O'Donovan tells how Ireland's golden rowers celebrated their win". extra.ie. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Amy Hunter named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for October". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ↑ McCarthy, Kieran (27 July 2021). "Emily Hegarty is the Skibbereen heavyweight who is making her presence felt". Southern Star.
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