Niamh McCarthy
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | County Cork, Ireland | 4 January 1994
Sport | |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Disability class | F41 |
Event | Discus throw |
Club | Leevale Athletic Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 31.76 m[1] 32.67 m (unofficial)[2] |
Niamh McCarthy (born 4 January 1994) is an Irish Paralympic discus thrower, competing in the F41 classification, a classification for persons of reduced stature.[2][3] She is the 2018 European champion in the event at her classification and, as of August 2018, the European record holder at 31.76 metres.[1]
Career
McCarthy started competing in discus events in 2013, winning world and European medals before taking a silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4][5][6]
McCarthy won the gold medal at the European Para Athletics Championships in Berlin, August 2018, setting a new European record of 31.76 m[1][7]
Personal life
McCarthy has lived in England and France.[8] is a former student of Biological and Chemical Sciences at University College Cork. She also practises sky-diving.[8][9] She has dwarfism and lordosis[8] and competes in F41 classification events,[8] which for women is for those under 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) in height.[10]
After discovering that none of the Irish press or TV channels had sent any journalists to the 2018 Para Athletics World Championships, Niamh decided to cover the Championships herself via her Instagram account.
References
- ^ a b c Berlin 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships - WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW F41 - FINAL (pdf) (Report). 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships.
- ^ a b "Meet Niamh McCarthy, possibly the world's fastest learning discus thrower - SportsJOE.ie".
- ^ "Niamh McCarthy RIO".
- ^ "Niamh McCarthy scoops stunning discus silver". RTÉ News. 2016-09-15.
- ^ ""I got what I came here for" - Niamh McCarthy relishes silver medal victory in Rio".
- ^ Bailey, Ryan. "Niamh McCarthy wins Ireland's second Paralympic medal of the day".
- ^ O'Dea, Arthur James (20 September 2018). "'This Is Elite Level Sport. Being A Paralympic Athlete Isn't Just A Hobby'". Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d "MCCARTHY Niamh". paralympic.org.
- ^ "Silver for McCarthy & bronze for Streimikyte rounds off another successful day for Ireland at Europeans".
- ^ email:info@webfactory.ie, Webfactory, url: www.webfactory.ie. "Page 2 « Niamh McCarthy - Paralympics Ireland".
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External links
- Niamh McCarthy at the International Paralympic Committee
- Niamh McCarthy at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Paralympic silver medalists for Ireland
- Sportspeople from County Cork
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Irish female discus throwers
- Irish athletics biography stubs
- European Paralympic medalist stubs
- Irish sportspeople stubs