SIXTEEN ATHLETICS ATHLETES SELECTED TO REPRESENT IRELAND AT SUMMER EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL (EYOF)
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has today named thirty-three athletes who will compete across seven sports in the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) later this month. Athletics will have the biggest representation, with sixteen athletes set to travel to Slovakia later this month. The multi-sport event that is aimed at athletes aged 14-17 years, will take place in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and will run from the 25-31 July 2022.
The EYOF is a prestigious event that plays an important role in the development of an athlete, replicating the Olympic Games model. It is run biennially, with the summer event ordinarily run on the alternate year to the winter EYOF. This year’s event was originally scheduled for July 2021 and was moved in line with the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
Announcing the team, Olympic Federation of Ireland Chef de Mission for the EYOF, Gavin Noble said,
“The EYOF is the only major multisport event for the best young athletes in Europe and it marks an important step for Team Ireland athletes on our Olympic pathway. This is an exciting young group and I know that they will all learn a lot. The event is also very important to our Paris 2024 preparations as we experience, learn and debrief together as a staff team. I am very happy too with our coaching group and I know that this event will also serve them well as they continue to help develop our young talents in unison with club coaches all around Ireland.”
Athletics Ireland CEO, Hamish Adams, congratulated those selected as they finalise their preparations in advance of representing Team Ireland in Slovakia later this month, he said: “We congratulate all of our athletes who have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming EYOF in Slovakia. It is a huge honour to represent your country at this prestigious event and we thank the families, coaches, clubs, and volunteers who have supported these athletes in achieving selection for these championships.
The Irish team departs for Banska Bystrica on the 22 July, with competition starting on the 25 July 2022.
Team Ireland Athletes (full details in table below):
- Amy-Jo Kierans (Monaghan) Medley Relay (F)
- Cian Crampton (Offaly) Discus (M)
- Clodagh Gill (Mayo) 3000m (F)
- Cormac Dixon (Dublin) 3000m (M)
- Cormac Crotty (Cavan) Medley Relay (M)
- Hannah Falvey (Cork) 200m, Medley Relay (F)
- Hollie Kilroe (Galway) 400m, Medley Relay (F)
- Jason O’Reilly (Killarney) 400m (M)
- Jesse Osas (Meath) 100m (M)
- Lucy Foster (Lisburn) 1500m (F)
- Maeve Fleming (Cork) High Jump (F)
- Nicole Dinan (Cork) 800m (F)
- Okwu Backari (Cork) Long Jump, 100m Hurdles, Medley Relay (F)
- Sean Cronin (Rush) 1500m (M)
- Senan O’Reilly (Cork) 800m, Medley Relay (M)
- Toby Thompson (Dundonald) 200m, Medley Relay (M)
Support:
- Jacqui Freyne – Team Leader
- Brian Scanlon – Coach
- Paul Byrne – Coach
Full release and athletes schedule available HERE
