MURTAGH Fiona

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: GALWAY

Birth Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Four IRL Ireland	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Four Heat 2 #44	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Four Final A #101	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championships

Year	Location	4-
2021	Varese, ITA	2
2020	Poznan, POL	3

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Science - Fordham University, New York, NY, USA

Languages spoken:

National University of Ireland Galway Rowing Club [Ireland]

Giuseppe De Vita [national], ITA

She began rowing in 2009 with friends from school at the Galway Rowing Club in Ireland. (thefordhamram.com, 17 Feb 2021; advertiser.ie, 15 Oct 2020)

"My twin brother, Alan, did a rowing camp when we were 12 years old and he loved it, took to it straight away. He used to come home from the summer camp and be like, 'It was amazing, it was so different'. At the time I didn't really care. I then started secondary school and the friends that I made were all rowing and they were like, 'Oh you are Alan Murtagh's sister, you should start rowing', so I did. Alan convinced me eventually to start rowing and that was 2009 and I have been going ever since." (midwestradio.ie, 28 Mar 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (The Southern Star Youtube channel, 18 May 2021)

A usual training day will involve a morning rowing session on the water, and in the afternoon either another water rowing session or an indoor rowing session, or a weights session, depending on the day of the week. (midwestradio.ie, 28 Mar 2021)

Irish rower Sanita Puspure. (midwestradio.ie, 28 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
STUDYING ABROAD
She studied at Fordham University in New York City, NY, United States of America, on a rowing scholarship from 2012 to 2016, and was part of the women's club 4 that won the university's first ever Head of Charles race. She was recruited by the university's coach at the time, Ted Bonanno. "Ted was very adamant about bringing me to Fordham. The team culture of Fordham Rowing is one I have greatly appreciated and will always admire. These girls over the last three years took me in, a literal foreigner to both Fordham and America, and showed me what being a Ram is all about. I've never trained as much in my life up until that point, so I definitely created my work ethic that I still have today. [In terms of] life experience, it was amazing." (thefordhamram.com, 17 Feb 2021; fordhamram.com, 17 Jan 2021; midwestradio.ie, 28 Mar 2021)

Milestones

While competing for Fordham University in the United States of America she won the Head of Charles women's club 4 regatta in 2013, which was the first time Fordham University had won the regatta in the university's history. She was also part of the crew that won the same race in 2014. (theforhamram.com, 17 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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