Gary O'Toole

Gary O'Toole
Personal information
Full name	Gary Charles O'Toole
Nationality	Irish
Born	6 August 1968 (age 56); Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, Medley
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing Ireland
European Championships - Long Course
Summer Universiade

Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.^[1]

While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn . He also won a gold medal at the World University Championships in 1991 when representing University College Dublin and UCD. He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Longcourse.^[2]

As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association, O'Toole had been approached to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal.^[3] Gibney, who coached O'Toole until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored, and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA, and the creation of Swim Ireland.^[4]

Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in 'Cancer' and 'Sports Knee Surgery',^[5] although he does provide expert analysis for RTÉ Sport's Olympic swimming coverage.^[6]

References

^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Irish Records Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Drowning of the Truth"
^ Swim Ireland move to prevent early release
^ Gary O'Toole^{[permanent dead link]}
^ RTÉ's Olympic TV coverage Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Irish Records Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "The Drowning of the Truth"

[4] Swim Ireland move to prevent early release

[Beacon-5] Gary O'Toole^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] RTÉ's Olympic TV coverage Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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