2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Ireland)
IRL
3 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland took 45 athletes in nine sports at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.
The athletes were accompanied by a further 47 people, including coaches, doctors and supervisors. The flag bearer when the team moved in was the athlete Patrice Dockery .
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Ireland | |||||
space | sport | total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | athletics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | swim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Boccia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Medalist
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
---|---|---|
Michael McKillop | athletics | 800 m men (T37) |
Jason Smyth | athletics | 100 m men (T13) |
Jason Smyth | athletics | 200 m men (T13) |
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
---|---|---|
Darragh McDonald | swim | 400 m freestyle (S6) |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Shelly | Boccia | Single BC1 |
Participants by sport
Boccia
Women
Men
Archery
Men
Football (teams of 7)
Men
- Aidan Brennan (captain)
- Kieran Devlin
- Paul Dollard
- Luke Evans
- Mark Jones
- Darren Kavanagh
- Derek Malone
- Joseph Markey
- Brian McGillivary
- Gary Messett
- Alan O'Hara
- Finbarr O'Riordan
athletics
Women
Men
Cycling
Women
Men
horse riding
Women
swim
Women
Men
sailing
2-seater keelboat
3-seater keelboat
Table tennis
Women
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paralympic.org, September 7, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Summer Paralympics list of participants ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 9, 2008)
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.