Malachy Sheridan

Last updated • a couple of secsFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Malachy Sheridan
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born(1966-02-13)13 February 1966
DiedDecember 2002
Sport
Sport Bobsleigh

Malachy Sheridan (13 February 1966 December 2002) [1] was an Irish bobsledder. He competed in the two man event at the 1992 Winter Olympics. [2] Prior to competing at the Olympics, Sheridan was a pole vaulter and decathlete, and was the British AAA champion in the decathlon in 1985. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1904 Summer Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Saint Louis, Missouri, US

The 1904 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. This was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Water polo at the Summer Olympics</span>

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw</span> Athletics at the Olympics

The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908. 42 throwers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. The event was won by Martin Sheridan of the United States, his second consecutive victory in the event. The Americans completed their first sweep in the discus throw, with Merritt Giffin taking silver and Bill Horr bronze.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put</span> Athletics at the Olympics

The men's shot put was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908. 25 shot putters from eight nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. The event was won by Ralph Rose, successfully defending his title from 1904 and making it four consecutive Games that the event was won by an American. The two-Games streak of sweeps in 1900 and 1904 ended, however, as Denis Horgan of Great Britain took silver. Johnny Garrels of the United States took bronze. Rose was the second man to win two medals in the shot put ; Wesley Coe nearly was the third as he ended up in 4th place, only 11 centimetres behind Garrels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Verner Järvinen</span> Finnish athletics competitor

Venne "Verner" Järvinen was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mostly in throwing events. He won the gold medal in the Greek-style discus in the 1906 Intercalated Games, and the bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Finnish Olympic medalist in athletics. He won the Finnish championship in Greek style discus three times in 1909–1911 and held the national record in discus and hammer throw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw</span> Athletics at the Olympics

The men's discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. The competition was held on Saturday, September 3, 1904. Six athletes from two nations competed.

Gustav Ludwig Goßler was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Emil Joseph Muller was an American track and field athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club who competed in the discus throwing events in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Muller was the Amateur Athletic Union discus champion 1912-14 and 1918. He was also a member of the New York City Police Department.

Werner Klatt was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Schöneberg. In 1976, he was a crew member of the East German boat, which won the gold medal in the eight event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw</span>

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 1, 1928. Thirty-four discus throwers from 19 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Bud Houser, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the discus throw. It was the fifth American victory in the event. As in 1924, silver went to Finland and bronze to the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Andorra sent a delegation to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 12 to 28 February 2010. Andorra has never won an Olympic medal, despite appearing at every Winter and Summer Games since 1976. The Andorran delegation to these Olympics consisted of six athletes, four in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in snowboarding, the last being Lluís Marin Tarroch, the first snowboarder to represent Andorra at the Olympics. He placed 34th in his only event, and failed to advance to the quarterfinals as a result. Francesc Soulié, the first Andorran cross-country skier to compete at the Games, made his second Olympics appearance, achieving a 47th place finish in the best of his three events. The four alpine skiers that competed recorded six DNFs in their thirteen combined events, though Mireia Gutiérrez recorded a team-high 24th-place result in her best event.

Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball. Sports Reference also operate the online sports trivia game Immaculate Grid and the statistics-based subscription service Stathead. From 2008 to 2020 the Web site included Olympic Games statistics from the first Games to the most recent.

Sheridan Christina Burge-Lopez is an Australian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Lisa Sheridan-Paolini is an Australian racewalker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Homer Whelchel was an American athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Roberta Brown was an American athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics. A commercial pilot, she was killed in a plane crash in 1981.

Clifford Argue was an American athlete. He competed in the men's pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Melissa Anne "Missy" Marlowe is an American retired gymnast. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Sudden death in Thailand". Wexford People. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Malachy Sheridan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. "Malachy Sheridan". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2022.