Sinéad Lynch
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| Women's rowing | ||
Representing  Ireland
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| World Rowing Championships | ||
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2001 Lucerne | LW1x |
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2008 Linz | LW1x |
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2000 Zagreb | LW1x |
Sinéad Lynch (born 30 September 1976; née Jennings; in Letterkenny,[1] County Donegal) is an Irish rower. She is a member of St Michael's Rowing Club. In August 2015 she was a member of the lightweight women's double scull which qualified the boat for the Rio Olympics. Lynch and her rowing partner Claire Lambe reached the finals at the Women's lightweight double sculls, but did not win a medal.
Personal life
The daughter of Garda Michael Jennings (a native of the West of Ireland) and his wife Theresa, Sinéad was raised at Hawthorn Heights in Letterkenny. Her sister is Caitriona Jennings. She studied at university in Edinburgh. Jennings is married to Dr Sam Lynch, who rowed for Ireland at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics.[1]
She is the mother of three children.[2] A doctor,[1] in 2016 she was training as a general practitioner.
References
- ^ a b c O'Riordan, Ian (3 December 2015). "Sinéad Jennings: Doctor and mother of three takes long hard row to Rio". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Barry, Stephen (3 August 2016). "Irish Olympic rowers Sinead Jennings and Claire Lambe are living the dream". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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