Ireland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Ireland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRL
NPC	Paralympics Ireland
Website	paralympics.ie
in Tokyo
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Britney Arendse and Jordan Lee
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Ireland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1][2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ellen Keane	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8	26 August
Gold	Jason Smyth	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T13	29 August
Gold	Katie-George Dunlevy Guide: Eve McCrystal	Cycling	Women's road time trial B	31 August
Gold	Katie-George Dunlevy Guide: Eve McCrystal	Cycling	Women's road race B	3 September
Silver	Katie-George Dunlevy Pilot: Eve McCrystal	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit B	28 August
Silver	Nicole Turner	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly S6	30 August
Bronze	Gary O'Reilly	Cycling	Men's road time trial H5	31 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Women's individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kerrie-Louise Leonard	Compound open	657	18	Baliyan (IND) W 137-141	Artakhinova (RPC) L 131-141	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael McKillop	1500 m T38			4:27.69	8
Patrick Monahan	Marathon T54	—		1:32:54	12
Jason Smyth	100 m T13	10.74	1 Q	10.53

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Orla Comerford	100 m T13	12.87	13	Did not advance
Greta Štreimikytė	1500 m T13	4:45.98	2 Q	4:34.82	5

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jordan Lee	High jump T47	1.74 m	9

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Mary Fitzgerald	Shot put F40	7.79m	6
Niamh McCarthy	Discus throw F41	28.94 m	5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Ireland are sending 4 male and 3 female cyclists to the Paralympics. The 4 men are the pair of Martin Gordon & Eamon Brynes, Ronan Grimes and Gary O' Reilly.^[3] The 3 women are the pair of Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal and Richael Timothy.^[4][5]

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Martin Gordon	Road race B	DNS
	Time trial B	WD
Ronan Grimes	Road race C4–5	2:29:21	11
	Time trial C4–5	47:40.06	6
Gary O'Reilly	Road race H5	2:24:57	5
	Time trial H5	39:36.46

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katie-George Dunlevy	Road race B	2:35:53
	Road time trial B	47:32.07
Richael Timothy	Road race C1–3	1:21:22	11
	Time trial C1–3	30:55.24	14

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Martin Gordon	Time trial B	—		1:01.545	5
Ronan Grimes	Individual pursuit C4	4:37.693	4 Q	4:37.001	4 L
	Time trial C4–5	—		52.163	15

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Katie-George Dunlevy	Individual pursuit B	3:19.946	2 Q	3:21.505
	Time trial B	—		1:09.044	6
Richael Timothy	Individual pursuit C1–3	4:11.699	9	Did not advance
	Time trial C1–3	—		42.368	10

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Ireland are sending 4 para dressage competitors over to the Paralympics. The 4 riders are Tamsin Addison with her horse Fahrenheit 212, Rosemary Gaffney with her horse Werona, Michael Murphy with his horse Cleverboy and Kate Kerr Horan with her horse Serafina T.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Tamsin Addison	Fahrenheit	Individual championship test grade V	66.452	12th
Rosemary Jean Gaffney	Werona	Individual championship test grade IV	65.390	15th
Kate Kerr-Horan	Serafina T	Individual championship test grade III	56.470	18th
Michael Murphy	Cleverboy	Individual championship test grade I	61.429	18th

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
See Above		Team				207.176	12th

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

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick O'Leary	Men's KL3	43.502	5th	42.203	4th	42.416	9th
	Men's VL3	54.470	5th	51.939	3rd	52.910	5th

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Britney Arendse	Women's −73 kg	107 kg	7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Ireland entered one athlete into the Paralympic competition. Phil Eaglesham successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Phil Eaglesham	Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2	626.6	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Five Irish swimmers have successfully qualified after breaking the MQS (Minimum Qualification Standard).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Patrick Flanagan	Men's 400 metre freestyle S6	5:40.48	12	Did not advance
	Men's 100 metre backstroke S6	1:26.81	17	Did not advance
Barry McClements	Men's 400 metre freestyle S9	4:27.11	9	Did not advance
	Men's 100 metre backstroke S9	1:06.31	8 Q	1:05.76	7
	Men's 100 metre butterfly S9	1:02.83	10	Did not advance
	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM9	2:29.68	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ellen Keane	Women's 100m breaststroke SB8	1:21.71	1 Q	1:19.93
	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM9	2:40.99	7 Q	2:38.64	5
Róisín Ní Ríain	Women's 50 metre freestyle S13	28.88	15	Did not advance
	Women's 400 metre freestyle S13	4:45.14	3 Q	4:44.09	5
	Women's 100 metre backstroke S13	1:09.23	3 Q	1:08.61	6
	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB13	1:20.81	5 Q	1:20.34	7
	Women's 100 metre butterfly S13	1:08.18	3 Q	1:09.26	8
	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13	2:34.24	5 Q	2:34.12	6
Nicole Turner	Women's 50 metre freestyle S6	35.47	5 Q	35.29	8
	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB6	1:40.82	3 Q	1:41.63	7
	Women's 50 metre butterfly S6	36.54	2 Q	36.30

^[7][8]

Table Tennis

Main article: Table Tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Colin Judge	Individual C3	Zhao (CHN) L 1-3	—	Knaf (BRA) W (w/o)	2 Q	Toporkov (RPC) L 1-3	Did not advance

See also

• Ireland at the Paralympics
• Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
4. "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
5. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
6. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
7. "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
8. "Fifth Paralympic Games MQS for Roisin Ni Riain". Swim Ireland. 22 April 2021.