Mc CARTHY Niamh

Date of Birth: 4 Jan 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F41

Place of birth: CORK

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : CORK

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw - F41	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F41 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	Discus Throw - F41	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	26.67
World Championships
2	Discus Throw - F41	2017	London, GBR	26.17
3	Discus Throw - F41	2019	Dubai, UAE	29.70
3	Discus Throw - F41	2015	Doha, QAT	23.66
European Championships
1	Discus Throw - F41	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	30.03
1	Discus Throw - F41	2018	Berlin, GER	31.76

Skydiving, watching online videos, reading, playing video games, Pilates. (Twitter profile, 11 Sep 2020; corkindependent.com, 17 Oct 2018; Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Biology, Chemistry - University College Cork, Ireland

Partner Richard

Languages spoken:

English, French

Leevale Athletics Club [Cork, IRL]

Alison O'Riordan [national]

2014 for Ireland, Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany (paralympics.ie, 19 Jun 2014)

She suffered from a back injury in the lead-up to the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (corkindependent.com, 27 Jul 2017)

She took up Para athletics in 2012 at age 18. She began competing in 2013 in Cork, Ireland. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021; eveningecho.ie, 16 Oct 2015)

She was introduced to the sport at a talent search day at University College Dublin in Ireland. "A friend of my mother's suggested to her that I go to the Paralympic Ireland Talent ID day in October 2012. I went along and tried a few sports knowing nothing about the Paralympics and was contacted a few weeks later to go for further testing and classification which led to me being put on the Fast Track Developmental Panel in late 2012." (paralympics.ie, 07 Aug 2020; corkindependent.com, 17 Oct 2018; eveningecho.ie, 16 Oct 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympics.ie, 07 Aug 2020)

Winning silver in the F41 discus throw at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Canadian base jumper Lonnie Bissonnette. (paralympics.ie, 07 Aug 2020)

Philosophy:

"The only limits on what you can achieve is your opinion of yourself." (corkindependent.com, 17 Oct 2018)

"Only you can limit your achievements." (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

She was flag bearer for Ireland at the opening ceremony of the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IPC, 20 Aug 2018)

In 2016 she received the Outstanding Games Debut Performance Award from Paralympics Ireland in recognition of her silver medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 03 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T41, F41 (IPC, 17 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Short stature (eveningecho.ie, 16 Oct 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (eveningecho.ie, 16 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
She is a person of short stature. She also has lordosis, which is an inward curvature of the spine. (eveningecho.ie, 16 Oct 2015)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In January 2018 she became a member of the athletes' commission for Paralympics Ireland. (paralympics.ie, 25 Jul 2018, 29 Jan 2018)

SKYDIVER
She began skydiving at age 17, and had completed over 85 jumps by 2016. "I've always loved challenges, so having to perform some acrobatic skill in the sky while you're technically rushing towards your death at 120 miles-an-hour, that's all part of the fun." (irishexaminer.com, 21 Dec 2016)

CHILDHOOD
At age eight she moved from Ireland to England. She lived there for one year before relocating to France until she was age 16. (irishexaminer.com, 21 Dec 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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