Emily Hegarty
.jpeg) Hegarty at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1998 Skibbereen, Ireland[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Hegarty (born 3 August 1998) is an Irish rower.[2] She competed in the women's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.[3] At the same Olympics, her third cousin Paul O'Donovan also won a gold medal for rowing in the lightweight double sculls.[4][5] Along with her team-mates, she was named as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for July 2021.[6]
Early Life
[edit]Emily Hegarty was born on the 3rd August 1998 to Jerry and Mary Hegarty, the second of their three children. Hegarty started rowing at age 11. [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rowing - HEGARTY Emily". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Emily Hegarty". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle their way to bronze". RTE Sport. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Skibbereen Olympic medallists Paul and Emily are related!". Southern Star. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Paul O'Donovan tells how Ireland's golden rowers celebrated their win". extra.ie. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Amy Hunter named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for October". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ McCarthy, Kieran (27 July 2021). "Emily Hegarty is the Skibbereen heavyweight who is making her presence felt". Southern Star.
External links
[edit]- Emily Hegarty at World Rowing
- Emily Hegarty at Olympics.com
- Emily Hegarty at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- Emily Hegarty at Rowing Ireland
- Emily Hegarty on X
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