MONAHAN Patrick

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
16	Marathon - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:40:26
DNS	800m - T53	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNS
World Championships
12	800m - T53	2017	London, GBR	1:48.41
18	1500m - T54	2017	London, GBR	3:14.65
European Championships
4	800m - T53	2018	Berlin, GER	1:51.76
5	400m - T53	2018	Berlin, GER	55.99

Pa, Paddy (Twitter profile, 15 Aug 2019; Magic Minds Podcast YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2019)

Watching rugby, walking, listening to podcasts. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

Athlete, Student

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, IRL

Partner Louise

English

Le Cheile Athletics Club [Kildare, IRL]

Mark Rohan [personal], IRL, from 2020

His father Mick Monahan refereed the 2005 GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Final [Gaelic football] between Tyrone and Kerry. (rte.ie, 11 May 2016)

Illness caused him to pull out of the heats for the T53 800m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He was bed-ridden for four days but returned to competition on the final day of the Games to finish 16th in the T54 marathon. (leinsterleader.ie, 30 Oct 2016, 13 Sep 2016; balls.ie, 18 Sep 2016)

He began wheelchair racing in 2013 at age 27. (herald.ie, 24 Sep 2014; Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

He got involved in the sport after watching the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. "I used to do athletics but gave it up for football when I was 18. When I was younger I felt I could motivate myself only as part of a team but I feel the opposite now. Furthermore, I wanted to do something, some kind of sport but I didn't know what. I didn't want to play a team sport. I'd never played basketball and just because I had a disability, I wasn't going to take up wheelchair basketball." (leinsterleader.ie, 26 Jul 2016; independent.ie, 26 Oct 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 09 Aug 2021)

He trains on the roads around Kildare, Ireland, and also does sessions at Mondello Park, a motorsport venue in County Kildare. (paralympics.ie, 16 Aug 2021)

Finishing 16th in the T54 marathon event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (balls.ie, 18 Sep 2016; Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

Irish rugby union player Paul O'Connell. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

His father. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

He always checks the tracking on his chair the evening before a race. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

"Give it my best in preparation and competition." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)