Irish Hopes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | Ireland Paralympic Games Athletes

Sport Endorse are proud to support Paralympians

The political and financial landscape of the Olympics and Paralympics is a vast and complicated one. Currently, five of the 13 The Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsors, Atos, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota and Visa, also serve as worldwide Paralympic partners, together with Allianz and BP, which have IPC-only deals. But at the heart of the Olympics and Paralympics are the athletes who work and sacrifice throughout their lives to pursue their dream of competing at this level.

With only 10 to 15 percent of para-athletes having representation, the majority of athletes don’t get any financial endorsements and are supported by a family member or do it themselves. There is still much to be done for these athletes.

Sport Endorse, a sports management agency based out of Dublin, tries to address this issue and have launched the Sport Endorse Platform which is designed to expand, streamline and elevate marketing opportunities & earning potential for elite sports athletes. The athletes can sign-up to this platform and apply to opportunities posted by the 200+ sponsors native to this platform.

Meet the Irish Paralympians that have opted-in and have a verified listing on the Sport Endorse Platform. You can watch them compete in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on RTE in Ireland and Channel 4 in the UK from 24^thAugust – 05 September.

“Paralympic athletes have incredible stories of overcoming the natural challenges of their disability, to then go on and not just overcome them, but become world-class athletes“ – Michael Johnson, 4 Time Olympic Champion

CYCLING

EVE McCRYSTAL & KATIE-GEORGE DUNLEVY

Age – 43 (DOB 28/07/1978) & 39 DOB 26/11/1989

Twitter – @evemccrystal @KatieGDunlevy

Event – Tandem Time Trial

Services – Media campaigns, Brand ambassadorship, Keynote speaking

Eve and Katie-George had major success at the 2016 Rio Paralympics where they took home a gold medal becoming Time Trial Champions over 30km and also won a silver medal in road race.

Building on that performance they competed in the Road World Champions in South Africa in 2017 and won gold in both the time trial and the road race making them double world champions.

EAMONN BYRNE ( & MARTIN GORDON

Age: 37 (DOB 13/03/1984) & 36 (DOB 18/03/1985)

Instagram: irish.sprint.tandem

Event : Sprint – Time Trial

Services : Speaking engagements, Ad campaigns, Media days

The Para Cycling duo have been selected to compete at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games. They have won multiple national championship sprint titles and hold the national record in their events in Ireland. When they are not cycling Martin works as a Barrister with the Gardaí and Eamonn is a member of An Garda Síochana

GARY O’REILLY

Age: 28 (DOB 10/05/1993)

Event: Road only: Time-Trial and Road Race

Instagram: garyo93

Services: Brand Ambassadorship, Media campaigns

Gary O’Reilly, from Laois, has been a member of Team Ireland since 2018 when he made his debut appearance at the European Hand Cycling championships in Rosenau. Gary suffered serious injury in an accident in 2014. He played wheelchair basketball until he discovered Hand Cycling and he excelled in his chosen sport. Since his debut Gary has gone on to represent Ireland at the UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships and the World Para Cycling Track World Championships.

ATHLETICS

JASON SMYTH

Age: 34 (DOB 04/07/1987)

Event: T13 100m

Twitter: smyth_jason

Services : Conference speaking, Brand Ambassadorship, Media Days

Jason is the fastest Paralympian of all-time and still holds the World and Paralympic records in T13 100m (10:46) and 200m

He is 19 times a gold medallist sprinter and unbeaten in over ten years in his discipline, Jason will be defending his gold medal in Tokyo 2020.

JORDAN LEE

Age: 21 (DOB 01/07/2000)

Event: T47 High Jump

Twitter: JordanpLee23

Instagram: Jordanplee23

Services : Social Media Campaigns, Fundraising Campaigns, Public Speaking, Brand Ambassadorships

Jordan’s first appearance at a major international event saw him produce a superb performance to secure the bronze medal for Ireland. His progress has continued apace as he has set a personal best of 1 metre 97 cm and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Jordan was the flag bearer for the Irish team alongside Britney Arendse in the opening ceremony at Tokyo

Honours: 2018 European Para- Athletics Championships Berlin (Bronze Medal)

GRETA STREIMIKYTE

Age: 25 (24/08/1995)

Event: T13 1500m

Twitter: streimitkyte

Instagram: streimikyte

Services : Social Media Campaigns, Fundraising Campaigns, Public Speaking, Brand Ambassadorships

Tokyo will be Greta’s second Paralympic Games. She made her international debut in 2015 and followed it quickly with a European bronze medal in 2016. She was fourth in the T13 1500m final on her Paralympic debut in Rio in what was then a personal best of 4:45.06.

NOELLE LENIHAN

Age: 22 (04/11/1999)

Event: Flying Disc

TWITTER – @NOELLE_lenihan

Services : Social Media Campaigns, Fundraising Campaigns, Public Speaking, Brand Ambassadorships

Noelle Lenihan is an Irish paralympic discus thrower and bronze medal winner at Rio . Noelle is a double European champion in the event and holds the world record in the classification at 32.95 metres. A talented and committed athlete, the Irish thrower was only 15 years old when she became a world silver medallist and world record holder at the Doha 2015 World Championships. She had made her international debut at the Berlin Grand Prix in Germany only a few months earlier, but she held her own in a highly competitive field with a best of 31.64m to take silver behind China’s F37 thrower.

MARY FITZGERALD

Age: 22 (11/08/1999)

Event: F40 shot put

Twitter: _MaryFitzG

Instagram: _maryfitzgerald_

Services : Social Media Campaigns, Fundraising Campaigns, Public Speaking, Brand Ambassadorships

Mary FitzGerald is a 21-year old Paralympic athlete on the Irish squad. Her main event is shot put, but she also competes in javelin and discus. She holds the Irish record in her classification in all three disciplines. She has competed several times internationally at IWAS (international wheelchair and amputee sports) world games, winning several medals. Mary joined the Irish Paralympic squad in January 2019 and competed in her first Para Athletics World Championships in Dubai in November that year.Bronze medal in the shot put for Ireland at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz