Mc GEEVER Finn

Ireland
Swimming
20 Oct 2000
20
Male

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
IRL
Ireland
  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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European Championships
YearLocation4x200Free
2020Budapest, HUN5th (7:12.00)


Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final
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Student
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Mathematics, Physics - University of Limerick, Ireland
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English
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National Centre Limerick [IRL] / Limerick Swimming Club [IRL]
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John Szaranek [National Centre]; Mickey McCarthy [Limerick Swimming Club]
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He broke his arm in 2019. (sportsnewsireland.com, 08 Jul 2021)
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He took up swimming at age six. (clarechampion.ie, 01 May 2021)
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His parents introduced him to swimming. "We were always looking for water going on holidays. It was the main activity we did during the summer. We base all our activities on the water." (clarechampion.ie, 01 May 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to set national Irish swimming records. (Instagram profile, 11 Jul 2021; sportsnewsireland.com, 08 Jul 2021)
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He has nine training sessions a week. (sportsnewsireland.com, 08 Jul 2021)
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US swimmer Michael Phelps. (sportsnewsireland.com, 08 Jul 2021)
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His parents. (Instagram profile, 07 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
CHANGE OF APPROACH
He considered quitting the sport following a poor run of form before the enforced break from the sport in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he says helped him change his mental approach to the sport. "I was nearly ready to hang up the hat and goggles. Before [the lockdown] when I was swimming bad, swimming was just my entire life. I was in college and I wasn't going out much because of swimming and I just think it was the wrong decision. A happy swimmer is a fast swimmer, so I learned to enjoy myself. Duncan Scott [Scottish swimmer], I could end up swimming against him or swimming beside him [at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo] - that's cool, I think maybe a year ago that would have been scary, but I've just changed my way of thinking. I have earned the right to be here, I could embrace the challenge and see how close I can get to him." (sportsnewsireland.com, 08 Jul 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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