Niamh McCarthy

Niamh McCarthy
Personal information
Nationality Irish
Born (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994
County Cork
Residence Carrigaline
Sport
Sport Athletics
Disability class F41
Event(s) Discus
Club Eagle Athletic Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 27.05 m[1]
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Women's Discus
Summer Paralympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus (F41)
IPC World Championships
2015 Doha Discus (F41)
IPC European Championships
2016 Grosseto Discus (F40/41)

Niamh McCarthy (born 4 January 1994) is an Irish paralympic discus thrower.[2]

Career

McCarthy started competing in discus events in 2013, winning world and European medals before taking a silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3][4][5]

Personal life

McCarthy is a former student of Biological and Chemical Sciences at University College Cork. She also practises sky-diving.[6] She has dwarfism and lordosis and competes in F41 classification events, which for women is for those under 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) in height.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Niamh McCarthy, possibly the world's fastest learning discus thrower - SportsJOE.ie".
  2. ↑ "Niamh McCarthy RIO".
  3. ↑ "Niamh McCarthy scoops stunning discus silver".
  4. ↑ ""I got what I came here for" - Niamh McCarthy relishes silver medal victory in Rio".
  5. ↑ Bailey, Ryan. "Niamh McCarthy wins Ireland's second Paralympic medal of the day".
  6. ↑ "Silver for McCarthy & bronze for Streimikyte rounds off another successful day for Ireland at Europeans".
  7. ↑ email:info@webfactory.ie, Webfactory, url: www.webfactory.ie,. "Page 2 « Niamh McCarthy - Paralympics Ireland".


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