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

• Roberta Connolly

Men

• Tom Leahy
• Padraic Moran
• Gabriel Shelly

Archery

Men

• Sean Heary

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

• Orla Barry
• Lisa Callaghan
• Patrice Dockery
• Catherine Wayland

Men

• Eoin Cleare
• Garrett Culliton
• Roy Guerin
• John McCarthy
• Michael McKillop
• Jason Smyth

Cycling

Women

• Catherine Walsh

Men

• Michael Delaney
• Cathal Miller
• Enda Smyth

horse riding

Women

• Eilish Byrne

swim

Women

• Hannah Clarke
• Ellen Keane

Men

• Stephen Campbell
• Jonathan Cummings
• David Malone
• Darragh McDonald

sailing

2-seater keelboat

• Amy Kelehan
• John Twomey

3-seater keelboat

• Paul McCarthy
• Paul Ryan
• Richard Whealey

Table tennis

Women

• Eimear Breathnach
• Kathleen Reynolds

Web links

• Entry on the Paralympics Council of Ireland website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 7, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Summer Paralympics list of participants ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 9, 2008)
3. ↑ 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.