BOXERS featured heavily as Ireland’s “best prepared Olympic team ever” was unveiled at the National Concert Hall in Dublin yesterday.
A total of 65 athletes over 14 sports were confirmed by President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Pat Hickey and Sonia O’Sullivan.

However out of that sizeable number only Ireland’s boxers are deemed gold medal hopefuls.

Boxing accounted for all of Ireland’s medal haul in the last instalment of the Greatest Show on Earth- and if we are to eclipse the silver won by Kenneth Egan and the bronze medals earned by paddy Barnes and Darren Sutherland it will most likely mean more than three of the boxing team had medals draped around there neck.

The six-strong boxing team includes world champion Katie Taylor, Paddy Barnes, Darren O’Neill, John Joe Nevin, Michael Conlan and Adam Nolan.

Hickey claimed of the entire Irish team, “This is the best prepared Irish team ever to leave Ireland in Search of medals.”

IRELAND OLYMPIC TEAM

ATHLETICS

 

Jessie Barr – Women’s 4x400m Relay

Claire Bergin – Women’s 4x400m Relay

Brendan Boyce – Men’s 50K Road Walk

Linda Byrne – Women’s Marathon

Fionnuala Britton – Women’s 10,000m

Michelle Carey – Women’s 4x400m Relay

Alistair Cragg – Men’s 5,000m

Catriona Cuddihy – Women’s 4x400m Relay

Joanne Cuddihy – Women’s 400m

Colin Griffin Men’s – 50K Road Walk

Marian Heffernan – Women’s 4 x 400m Relay

Rob Heffernan – Men’s 20K and 50K Road Walk

Paul Hession – Men’s 200m

Ava Hutchinson – Women’s Marathon

Catriona Jennings – Women’s Marathon

Mark Kenneally – Men’s Marathon

Olive Loughnane – Women’s 20K Road Walk

Ciaran O’Lionaird – Men’s 1,500m

Derval O’Rourke – Women’s 100m Hurdles

Tori Pena – Women’s Pole Vault

Stephanie Reilly – Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase

Deirdre Ryan – Women’s High Jump

BADMINTON

 

Chloe Magee – Women’s Singles

Scott Evans – Men’s Singles

BOXING

 

Katie Taylor – Women’s 60kg

Paddy Barnes – Men’s 49kg

Michael Conlan – Men’s 52kg

John Joe Nevin – Men’s 56kg

Adam Nolan – Men’s 69kg

Darren O’Neill – Men’s 75kg

CANOEING

 

Hannah Craig – Women’s K1 Slalom

Andrzej Jezierski – Men’s C1 200m

Eoin Rheinisch – Men’s K1 Slalom

CYCLING

 

Martyn Irvine – Omnium

Tba – Road Race

Tba – Road Race

Tba – Road Race

EQUESTRIAN

 

Anna Merveldt – Dressage – Mixed Individual

Denis Lynch – Show Jumping*

Billy Twomey – Show Jumping*

Aoife Clarke – Three Day Eventing

Mark Kyle – Three Day Eventing

Joseph Murphy – Three Day Eventing

Michael Ryan – Three Day Eventing

Camilla Spiers – Three Day Eventing

Capt. Geoff Curran – Three Day Eventing – 1st Reserve

Sam Watson – Three Day Eventing – 2nd Reserve

GYMNASTICS

 

Kieran Behan – Men’s Artistic – Floor

JUDO

 

Lisa Kearney – Women’s 48kg

MODERN PENTATHLON

 

Natalya Coyle – Women’s

ROWING

 

Sanita Puspure – Women’s Single Sculls

SAILING

 

Annalise Murphy – Women’s Laser Radial

David Burrows – Men’s Star

James Espey – Men’s Laser

Scott Flanigan – 470

Matthew McGovern – 49er

Peter O’Leary – Men’s Star

Ger Owens – 470

Ryan Seaton – 49er

 

SHOOTING

 

Derek Burnett – Men’s Trap

SWIMMING

 

Sycerika McMahon – Women’s 100m Breaststroke

Barry Murphy – Men’s 100m Breaststroke

Grainne Murphy – Women’s 800m Freestyle

Melanie Nocher – Women’s 200m Backstroke

TRIATHLON

 

Aileen Morrison – Women’s

Gavin Noble – Men’s