FLANAGAN Patrick

Date of Birth: 26 Nov 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S6

Place of birth: SLIGO

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : SLIGO

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 400m Freestyle - S6
	Men's 100m Backstroke - S6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Freestyle - S6 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S6 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
11	400m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	5:39.13
13	100m Backstroke - S6	2019	London, GBR	1:26.74
European Championships
4	400m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	5:40.14
5	100m Backstroke - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:25.78
7	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2018	Dublin, IRL	DSQ
8	400m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	5:42.09
9	100m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:23.40
11	100m Backstroke - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	1:28.93
16	100m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	1:19.34

Swimming, video games, watching football. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Economics, Finance - University College Dublin, Ireland

Languages spoken:

English, Gaelic

NAC Swim Club [Dublin, IRL]

Dave Malone, IRL

2018 for Ireland (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)

He began swimming at age eight in Longford, Ireland. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

His parents encouraged him to take up a sport and his friends already swam. "I wanted to have a past-time outside school." (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To compete in a final at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Pundit Arena YouTube channel, 17 Aug 2018)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

His teammates. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Train smarter not harder." (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

He won Swim Ireland's Disability Swimmer of the Year award in 2012. (paralympics.ie, 30 Jul 2019)

He was named the 2012 Irish Para Swimmer of the Year by Paralympics Ireland. (highbeam.com, 01 May 2012)

General Interest

Classification
S6, SB5, SM6 (IPC, 08 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida. (Ireland Team Guide, 2018)

General
BAND OF BROTHERS
He credits his brothers, who were golfers, for their constant encouragement in his earlier swimming years. "They were there to support me. They knew when I had to be up at 04:30 in the morning, and they were going to do that with me and drive me [to training] on the mornings I wasn't too keen, they were like, 'No, you're going to enjoy this, it will be worth it in the long run'. They were giving me that extra little push." (Pundit Arena YouTube channel, 15 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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