Ireland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Ireland at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Ireland.svg
IPC code IRL
NPC Paralympics Ireland
Website paralympics.ie
in Tokyo
Competitors31 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Britney Arendse and Jordan Lee
Medals
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Ireland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ellen Keane Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 26 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jason Smyth Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 29 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katie-George Dunlevy
Guide: Eve McCrystal 		Cycling Women's road time trial B 31 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katie-George Dunlevy
Guide: Eve McCrystal 		Cycling Women's road race B 3 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Katie-George Dunlevy
Pilot: Eve McCrystal 		Cycling Women's individual pursuit B 28 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nicole Turner Swimming Women's 50 metre butterfly S6 30 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gary O'Reilly Cycling Men's road time trial H5 31 August

Archery

Women's individual
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Kerrie-Louise Leonard Compound open 65718Flag of India.svg  Baliyan  (IND)
W 137-141		Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  Artakhinova  (RPC)
L 131-141		Did not advance

Athletics

Men's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Michael McKillop 1500 m T38 4:27.698
Patrick Monahan Marathon T54 —1:32:5412
Jason Smyth 100 m T13 10.741 Q10.53Gold medal icon.svg
Women's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Orla Comerford 100 m T13 12.8713Did not advance
Greta Štreimikytė 1500 m T13 4:45.982 Q4:34.825
Men's field
AthleteEventResultRank
Jordan Lee High jump T47 1.74 m9
Women's field
AthleteEventResultRank
Mary Fitzgerald Shot put F40 7.79m6
Niamh McCarthy Discus throw F41 28.94 m5

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. [3] The 3 women are the pair of Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal and Richael Timothy. [4] [5]

Men's road
AthleteEventTimeRank
Martin Gordon Road race B DNS
Time trial B WD
Ronan Grimes Road race C4–5 2:29:2111
Time trial C4–5 47:40.066
Gary O'Reilly Road race H5 2:24:575
Time trial H5 39:36.46Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's road
AthleteEventTimeRank
Katie-George Dunlevy Road race B 2:35:53Gold medal icon.svg
Road time trial B 47:32.07Gold medal icon.svg
Richael Timothy Road race C1–3 1:21:2211
Time trial C1–3 30:55.2414
Men's track
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time		Rank
Martin Gordon Time trial B —1:01.5455
Ronan Grimes Individual pursuit C4 4:37.6934 Q4:37.0014 L
Time trial C4–5 —52.16315
Women's track
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time		Rank
Katie-George Dunlevy Individual pursuit B 3:19.9462 Q3:21.505Silver medal icon.svg
Time trial B —1:09.0446
Richael Timothy Individual pursuit C1–3 4:11.6999Did not advance
Time trial C1–3 —42.36810

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
AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Tamsin Addison Fahrenheit Individual championship test grade V 66.45212th
Rosemary Jean Gaffney Werona Individual championship test grade IV 65.39015th
Kate Kerr-Horan Serafina T Individual championship test grade III 56.47018th
Michael Murphy Cleverboy Individual championship test grade I 61.42918th
Team
AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotal
TTCTTotalScoreRank
See Above Team 207.17612th

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

Paracanoeing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Patrick O'Leary Men's KL3 43.5025th42.2034th42.4169th
Men's VL3 54.4705th51.9393rd52.9105th

Powerlifting

Women
AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Britney Arendse Women's −73 kg 107 kg7

Shooting

Ireland entered one athlete into the Paralympic competition. Phil Eaglesham won Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia. [6]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Phil Eaglesham Mixed 10-metre air rifle standing SH2 626.614Did not advance

Swimming

Five Irish swimmers qualified after breaking the MQS (Minimum Qualification Standard).

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Patrick Flanagan Men's 400 metre freestyle S6 5:40.4812Did not advance
Men's 100-metre backstroke S6 1:26.8117Did not advance
Barry McClements Men's 400-metre freestyle S9 4:27.119Did not advance
Men's 100-metre backstroke S9 1:06.318 Q1:05.767
Men's 100-metre butterfly S9 1:02.8310Did not advance
Men's 200-metre individual medley SM9 2:29.689Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Ellen Keane Women's 100m breaststroke SB8 1:21.711 Q1:19.93Gold medal icon.svg
Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9 2:40.997 Q2:38.645
Róisín Ní Ríain Women's 50 metre freestyle S13 28.8815Did not advance
Women's 400 metre freestyle S13 4:45.143 Q4:44.095
Women's 100 metre backstroke S13 1:09.233 Q1:08.616
Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB13 1:20.815 Q1:20.347
Women's 100 metre butterfly S13 1:08.183 Q1:09.268
Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13 2:34.245 Q2:34.126
Nicole Turner Women's 50 metre freestyle S6 35.475 Q35.298
Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 1:40.823 Q1:41.637
Women's 50 metre butterfly S6 36.542 Q36.30Silver medal icon.svg

[7] [8]

Table Tennis

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Colin Judge Individual C3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao  (CHN)
L 1-3		—Flag of Brazil.svg  Knaf  (BRA)
W (w/o)		2 QRussian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  Toporkov  (RPC)
L 1-3		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Fifth Paralympic Games MQS for Roisin Ni Riain". Swim Ireland. 22 April 2021.
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