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Revision as of 08:41, 5 May 2017

Mark Rohan
Personal information
NicknameRed[1]
Born (1981-07-26) 26 July 1981 (age 43)[2]
Ballinahown, County Westmeath
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
DisciplineRoad handcycle
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist/all-rounder
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Representing  Ireland
Road bicycle racing
Gold medal – first place 2012 London H1 time trial
Gold medal – first place 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. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2013-01-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Paralympics 2012: Mark Rohan clinches another Irish gold". Retrieved 7 September 2012.