Orla Comerford

Orla Comerford

Comerford at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 27) Dublin, Ireland
Sport
Country	Ireland
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Stargardt's disease
Disability class	T13
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Club	Raheny Shamrock Athletics Club
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Ireland Paralympic Games 2024 Paris 100m T13 European Championships 2018 Berlin 100m T13 2018 Berlin 200m T13

Orla Comerford (born 14 September 1997) is an Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at the international level.^[1][2][3] She has Stargardt's disease, which is an inherited retinal disease. Its main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses.^[4][5]

References

1. "Orla Comerford - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Orla Comerford - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
3. "From Leaving Cert points to Paralympics: teen sprint sensation living the athletics dream". the42.ie. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. "Orla Comerford". Paralympics. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
5. Sahel, José-Alain; Marazova, Katia; Audo, Isabelle (February 2015). "Clinical Characteristics and Current Therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 5 (2): a017111. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a017111. ISSN 2157-1422. PMC 4315917. PMID 25324231.

External links

• Orla Comerford at the International Paralympic Committee
• Orla Comerford at Paralympics Ireland