Results - 2015 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCLUDING PARALYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION)

Biography

Patrick O'LEARY

Federation :	CANOEING IRELAND
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	17/10/1972
Height (cm.) :	178
Weight (Kg.) :	80

Athlete entered in:
Men's 200m KL3 SENIOR

NICKNAME:

Pat

OTHER SPORTS:

Formerly gymnastics and athletics (throw events) currently swimming but not competitively

He represented Ireland in shot put at international schools level.

BIOGRAPHY:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
9	KL3	2015	Milan, ITA	42.399
9	K1 200m LTA	2014	Moscow, RUS	42.541
10	KL3	2016	Duisburg, GER	42.882
14	K1 200m LTA	2013	Duisburg, GER	44.264

TWITTER:

https://twitter.com/eentjebeen

PLACE OF RESIDENCE:

Moycullen, galway, Ireland

Galway

OCCUPATION:

Lecturer

Lecturer in School of Chemistry NUI Galway Ireland

LANGUAGES:

Irish (Gaelige), English, Dutch (basic)

HIGHER EDUCATION:

BSc, PhD National University of Ireland Cork (UCC)

Chemistry - University College Cork, Ireland

WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:

He began canoeing in 1990. The first time he sat in a boat following his amputation was in April 2012, and he began racing a year later.

Cork 1991 in secondary school

REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:

I have always enjoyed water sports and when I had difficulty in my knee in 1991 and had to give up athletics it was the obvious choice

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:

My wife has been a constant support

TRAINING PARTNER(S):

I now train solo but my training partners in Cork had a significant influence

FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:

Duisburg

CLUB:

NUI Galway Kayak Club

NAME OF COACH:

Neil fleming

Neil Fleming [personal], IRL

NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH:

Irish

SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?:

2013

TRAINING REGIME:

12-13 sessions per week with 2 sessions on all but 2 days which have a single session. 8 sessions on water, 3 in gym and 1-2 swimming for general fitness.

In winter he does 12 to 13 sessions a week, on the water, swimming and the gym. In the summer he trains seven to nine times a week.

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:

2013 Paracanoe 1994 (Canoe polo)

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:

Portugal

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:

European Championships

MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:

3rd in the test event in Rio in 2015 and 4th in European championships 2015 Racice,

OTHER INFORMATION:

Classification
KL3

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (irishexaminer.com, 23 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (irishexaminer.com, 23 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
In 1991 a minor irritation in his knee led to the discovery that he had cancer in his femur. He had his knee replaced with a metal joint which lasted until 2006 when he had it replaced. In 2010, when he had the second knee replacement, he suffered an infection and in November 2011 he had his left leg amputated. (irishexaminer.com, 23 Jul 2016)

General
NATIONAL FIRST
He became the first Irish canoeist to compete at a Paralympic Games when he participated at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 2016; irishtimes.com, 14 Sep 2016)

OCCUPATION
He works as a lecturer of organic chemistry at the National University of Ireland in Galway. (irishexaminer.com, 23 Jul 2016)

CLASSIFICATION:

KL3

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