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Frances Cryan born 3rd December 1958 from Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim is an Irish Rower and Olympian.

In 1974 she joined Carrick on Shannon Rowing club, one of Ireland's oldest rowing club.[1]

She was eleven times Irish Ladies Single Sculls Champion from the years 1976-1986 inclusive.[2]

Olympics

Cryan competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where she was placed seventh in the Single Sculls event, and was the first woman to compete in Rowing for Ireland at the Olympic Games.[3] [4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.carrickrowingclub.com/
  2. ^ Irish Rowing Archives - List of Championship winners
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frances Cryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRL/summer/1980/ROW/
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