Ireland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Ireland competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Ireland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRL
NPC	Paralympics Ireland
Website	paralympics.ie
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	35 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Orla Comerford Colin Judge
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Linda Kelly	Cycling	Women's road time trial B	4 September
Silver	Róisín Ní Ríain	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke S13	30 August
Silver	Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Eve McCrystal	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit B	1 September
Silver	Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Linda Kelly	Cycling	Women's Road Race B	6 September
Bronze	Róisín Ní Ríain	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13	3 September
Bronze	Orla Comerford	Athletics	Women's 100 metre T13

Multiple medallists

Multiple medallists
Name	Sport				Total
Katie-George Dunlevy	Cycling	1	2	0	3
Róisín Ní Ríain	Swimming	0	1	1	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	4	5
Cycling	5	5	10
Equestrian	1	3	4
Rowing	1	1	2
Paratriathlon	0	5	5
Powerlifting	0	1	1
Swimming	2	4	6
Table tennis	1	0	1
Total	11	24	35

Including Guides

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kerrie Leonard	Women's compound open	597	21	Zhou (CHN) L 135–140	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Irish track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aaron Shorten	Men's 1500 m T20	—		4.02.71	7
Orla Comerford	Women's 100 m T13	12.02	1	11.94
Greta Streimikyte	Women's 1500 m T13	—		4.32.38 AR	4
Shauna Bocquet	Women's 100 m T54	17.00	5	Did Not Advance
	Women's 1500 m T54	3.35.26	6
	Women's 5000 m T54	12.44.52	9 Q	11:50.85	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Mary Fitzgerald	Women's shot put F40	7.64	8

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Ireland entered 6 para-cyclists (three men, three women) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[1]

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Eve McCrystal	Women's B 1000m Time Trial	1.09.094	5	1.09.447	5
	Women's B 3000m Pursuit	3.20.481	2	3.21.315
Josephine Healion Pilot: Linda Kelly	Women's B 1000m Time Trial	1.10.808	7	Did not advance
	Women's B 3000m Pursuit	3:27.425	5
Martin Gordon Pilot: Eoin Mullen	B Men's 4000M Pursuit	5.27.642	12	Did not advance
	B Men's 1000m Time Trial	1.01.158	5	1.01.520	5
Ronan Grimes	C4-5 1000m Time Trial	1:06.411	8	Did not advance
	C4-5 4000m Mens Individual Pursuit	4:28.859	5	Did not advance
Richael Timothy	C1-3 3000m Women's Individual Pursuit	4.05.247	7	Did not advance
	C1-13 500m Women's Time Trial	41.937	10	Did not advance
Damian Vereker Pilot: Mitchel McLaughlin	B4 Men's 4000M Pursuit	4.14.826	7	Did not advance
	B Men's 1000m Time Trial	1.06.740	10

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Damian Vereker Pilot: Mitchel McLaughlin	B Men's Time Trial	36:31.09	7
	B Men's Road Race	3:04:18	8
Josephine Healion Pilot: Eve McCrystal	B Women's Road Race	2:42:05	4
	B Women's Time Trial	41:57.61	5
Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Linda Kelly	B Women's Road Race	2.37.26
	B Women's Time Trial	38:16.58
Richael Timothy	C1-3 Women's Individual Time Trial	24:32.40	12
	C1-3 Women's Individual Road Race	1:48.64	11
Ronan Grimes	C4 Men's Individual Time Trial	39:01.83	8
	C4-5 Men's Individual Road Race	2:51:20	17

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Ireland entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by getting the re-allocation of top African teams, through final world para dressage rankings.

Sarah Slattery originally finished 9th but qualified after a withdrawal

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifier		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sarah Slattery	Savona	Individual championship test grade V	68.410	9 Q	71.795	7
Jessica McKenna	Davidoff	Individual championship test grade III	65.033	10	Did Not Advance
Kate Kerr-Horan	Serafina		65.867	9
Michael Murphy	Clerverboy	Individual championship test grade I	70.417	9

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
			TT	Score	Rank
Sarah Slattery	See above	Team	68.895	208.545	10
Kate Kerr-Horan			66.567
Michael Murphy			73.083

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

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cassie Cava	Women's PTS4	1.37.29	12
Chloe MacCombe Guide Catherine Sands	Women's PTVI 3	1.10.32	6
Judith MacCombe Guide Eimear Nicholls		1.11.17	8

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	R1	R2	R3	Total Lifted	Rank
Britney Arendse	Women's 73kg	129 kg	131 kg	133 kg	393 kg	4

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Irish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kate O'Brien Tiarnán O'Donnell	PR2 mixed double sculls	9.03.33	4 R	8:40.85	4 FB	8:50.16	8

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Ireland secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Deaton Registe	Men's 100 m breastroke SB14	1.08.49	5 Q	1.07..82	6
Barry McClements	Men's 100 m backstroke S9	1.05.36	4 Q	1.05.56	8
	Men's 100 m butterfly S9	1:01.85	3 Q		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ellen Keane	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8	1.24.59	=1 Q	1.24.69	4
	Women's 100 m backstroke S9	1:17.63	6	Did not advance
Róisín Ní Ríain	Women's 100 m butterfly S13	1.06.40	5 Q	1.06.04	4
	Women's 100 m backstroke S13	—		1.07.27
	Women's 200 m IM SM13	2.30.75	2 Q	2.27.47
	Women's 100 m breaststroke S13	1:19.05	2 Q	1:19.16	4
Nicole Turner	Women's 50 m freestyle S6	35.35	5 Q	35.65	6
	Women's 50 m butterfly S6	38.10	3	38.59
Dearbhaile Brady	Women's 50 m freestyle S6	36.45	10	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m butterfly S6	38.73	4	37.67	5

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Ireland entered one athlete for the Paralympic games. Colin Judge qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Colin Judge	Men's individual C3	Panfeng (CHN)3-0 L	Did Not Advance

See also

• Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Ireland at the Paralympics