Team Ireland has officially selected the swimming team who will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
Sligo’s Mona McSharry (pictured) is one of nine rish swimmers set to compete across fourteen events, becoming the largest swim team that Ireland has ever fielded in an Olympic Games.
The swimmers will be in action in the newly built Tokyo Aquatics Centre from Saturday July 24th – Sunday, August 1st, 2021.
McSharry is entered in both the 100 metres and 200 metres breaststroke events.
Swimmers were faced with the first opportunity to achieve the standard in 2019, when Darragh Greene qualified in the 100m Breaststroke at the World Championships.
The remaining five swimmers, Mona McSharry, Rio Olympian Shane Ryan, Daniel Wiffen, Danielle Hill and Ellen Walshe recorded personal bests and FINA A times at the Tokyo Trials and Swim Ireland Performance Meet in April and June.
The Team Ireland Olympic quota spot in the Men’s 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay was confirmed following the close of rankings in June 2021
TEAM IRELAND SWIMMERS:
| Name | Home Programme | Coach | Events Entered | ||||
| Darragh Greene | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson | 100m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke |
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| Danielle Hill | Larne SC | Peter Hill | 100m Backstroke
50m Freestyle |
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| Brendan Hyland | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson | 200m Butterfly
4x200m Freestyle Relay |
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| Finn McGeever | National Centre (Limerick) | John Szaranek | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | ||||
| Jack McMillan | Bangor SC | Paul Dennis | 4x200m Freestyle Relay
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| Mona McSharry | University of Tennessee | Matt Kredich | 100m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke |
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| Shane Ryan | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson | 100m Backstroke
100m Butterfly 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
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| Ellen Walshe | Templeogue SC | Brian Sweeney | 200m Individual Medley
100m Butterfly |
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| Daniel Wiffen | Loughborough University | Andi Manley | 800m Freestyle
1500m Freestyle |
Team Ireland now consists of 88 officially selected athletes, with over 110 athlete spots confirmed across nineteen sports.
There are four final team announcements to come over the coming days, the official closing date for registering athletes was 4pm on Monday, July 5th, 2021. The Olympic Games in Tokyo will run from the July 23rd to August 8th, 2021.
