Mark Rohan

Mark Rohan

Personal information
Nickname	Red[1]
Born	(1981-07-26) 26 July 1981 (age 43)[2] Ballinahown, County Westmeath
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Discipline	Road handcycle
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist/all-rounder
Medal record Paralympic Games Representing  Ireland Road bicycle racing 2012 London H1 time trial 2012 London H1 road race

Mark Rohan (born 26 July 1981) is an Irish cyclist, and a former Gaelic football and wheelchair basketball player. He competes in the H1 disability sport classification as he has been paralysed from the chest down since a spinal cord injury in 2001. Rohan won two gold medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

He won a gold medal in the Men's road time trial H1 event and in the Men's road race H1 event.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Mark Rohan". Paracycling Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
2. "Mark Rohan | Follow Your Star". Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
3. "Rohan looks to follow poster girls' route to gold". Irish Independent. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
4. "Mark Rohan wins gold for Ireland at the Paralympics". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
5. "Mark Rohan secures yet another gold medal for Ireland". Score. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
6. "Paralympics 2012: Mark Rohan clinches another Irish gold". Retrieved 7 September 2012.

External links

• Mark Rohan at the International Paralympic Committee
• Mark Rohan at Paralympics Ireland (archived)
• Official Site (archived)
• London 2012 Profile (archived)
• Interview at Joe.ie