 Canning holding the 2013 Galway Senior Hurling Championship trophy on behalf of Portumna at Pearse Stadium, Galway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 July 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left Corner Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver Canning (born 9 July 1976) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Galway senior team. [1]
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Born in Ballinasloe,County Galway,Canning first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fourteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team,before later joining the under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1996 championship. Canning went on to play a key role for Galway for the next fifteen years,and won three Connacht medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career,Canning won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a four-time All-Ireland medallist with Portumna. In addition to this he has also won three Connacht medals and six championship medals.
Throughout his career Canning made 34 championship appearances for Galway. His announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 27 July 2010.