FITZPATRICK Ian

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : IRELAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men IRL Ireland	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool C #M05 RSA South Africa 33 IRL Ireland 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool C #M11 USA United States 19 IRL Ireland 17	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool C #M17 KEN Kenya 7 IRL Ireland 12	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 9-12 #M19 IRL Ireland 31 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 9-10 #M28 IRL Ireland 0 KEN Kenya 22	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2018
16	Men	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - England

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	London, GBR
6	Men	2019	London, GBR

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2019	Paris, FRA

Occupation:

Athlete, Information Technology

Commerce - University College Dublin, Ireland

Languages spoken:

Anthony Eddy [national], AUS

Other sports:

He represented Ireland in rugby union [15-a-side] at international junior level and played in the 2014 World Junior Championship in New Zealand. He has also played rugby union [15-a-side] at national club level in Ireland for Lansdowne. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Jul 2021; irishtimes.com, 11 Jun 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Mar 2021; World Rugby, 01 Jan 2021)

2015 for Ireland (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021)

Injuries prevented him from playing for a year from late 2019 to late 2020. (the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021; Irish Rugby TV YouTube Channel, 17 Oct 2020)

He began playing rugby at the King's Hospital secondary school at age 13 in Dublin, Ireland, having previously played Gaelic football. He took up rugby sevens in 2015 when he was playing rugby union [15-a-side] for Lansdowne in Ireland and was invited to join the newly-formed national rugby sevens squad. (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021; the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021)

"I hadn't a clue about sevens. I had watched it on TV growing up but never really thought of it as something you could get into. It just wasn't a thing in Ireland. Even when I got asked to go, I still wasn't sure if I wanted to be involved. Thankfully, I went for it. Not too many people can say they were there for the start of the journey and I'm glad I did it." (the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (LinkedIn profile, 07 Jul 2021)

He trains in the morning before starting his part-time job with a cybersecurity company in Dublin, Ireland at 2pm. (the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021)

Coaches Dan van Zyl, Matt Jarvis and Ray Mcllreavy. (the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked part-time as a solutions consultant for a cybersecurity firm in Dublin, Ireland. "Having that external stimulus outside rugby has been great because it's not the be all and end all. If you have a bad day's training, you don't take it home because you're too busy working and trying to get things done. That has been invaluable for me. At the moment, sevens is probably not an option as a long-term career. Hopefully, in the next couple of years, it's something people can get into and have a real crack at. But I'm playing rugby with my friends and travelling the world, so I can't have too many complaints." (the42.ie, 04 Jul 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Mar 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business and commerce at University College Dublin in Ireland in 2017, he studied for a higher diploma in cybersecurity at the National College of Ireland in Dublin from 2019 to 2020. (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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