Athletes

Aileen Morrison

Aileen has emerged as Triathlon Ireland's most exciting London 2012 Olympics prospect after a number of stunning results in 2010. Her 5th place on home soil at the Waterways Ireland ITU European Championships in Athlone was the best result ever by an Irish triathlete for two weeks; until Round 5 of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Hamburg where Aileen produced a fantastic performance to claim a bronze medal, finishing just seconds behind Sweden's Lisa Nordern and Australia's Emma Moffatt. The result is the greatest achievement by an Irish triathlete to date.

A Derry girl, who was discovered within the Triathlon Ireland Age Group racing scene, Aileen trains in Lisburn, is coached by Chris Jones and works very closely with the staff of the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland.

Aileen receives direct athlete funding from Sport Northern Ireland and the Irish Sports Council. She is sponsored by Asics, Optimum Nurtrition and Planet X Cycles.

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Bryan Keane

Bryan started racing triathlons in Australia in 2009.

A Corkman, Bryan was the first Irish triathlete to win 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in ITU Cup Racing, and did so in 2009 in the space of five weeks.

In 2010, Bryan achieved a bronze medal at the ITU Strathclyde European Cup, 8th place in the ETU Duathlon Championships, and 20th place at the prestigious Hy-Vee Elite World Cup race in the USA.

Bryan receives direct athlete funding from the Irish Sports Council. He is a TI brand ambassador for Vodafone and is sponsored by Kinetica and ChainReaction Cycles.

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Emma Davis

Emma was the first Irish triathlete to qualify and compete at the Olympic Games, in Beijing in 2008.

Emma's 2012 Olympic Campaign is on track with a number of solid results already in 2010, including 23rd in the 3rd round of the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Madrid, 29th in the 4th round of the series in Hamburg.

Emma is coached by Chris Jones, and receives direct athlete funding from Sport Northern Ireland and the Irish Sports Council. She is sponsored by ZipFit, 2XU and Name on Kit.

Emma also holds a First Class Honours Degree in Mathematics from Bath University. 

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See Emma's ITU Profile and Race Statistics

Gavin Noble

Gavin is one of the most experienced members of the Triathlon Ireland High Performance team and as such has a swag of impressive race results on his list of achievements.

Several good results including a Top 10 in the ITU World Cup in Tongeyeong, a Gold Medal at the Hong Kong Asian Cup in September 2010 and more recently two 2nd place finishes in ITU Amakusa, Japan and ITU Weihai, China has put Gavin within reach of Olympic Quilification.

Gavin receives direct athlete funding from Sport Northern Ireland and the Irish Sports Council. He is sponsored by Specialized, Mizuno, Champion System, Lucozade Sport, and Base 2 Race.

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Conor Murphy

Armagh man Conor Murphy is a member of TUNA Triathlon Club and is based in Loughborough University where he trains with Leicester Tri Club. Conor left work as a Chartered Accountant in 2010 to focus on preparing for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
 
Building on a successful year in 2010 as an age group triathlete where Conor was crowned World Champion, 2011 was Conor's first year racing as an Elite.  Conor beat all expectations by raking up a number of impressive results and also won an ITU race in Mombasa.
 
Conor is coached by Dwyer O'Hagan of TUNA Tri Club and is sponsored by Gradeall International Ltd, Pedal Power bikes and Zone3 wetsuits.

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James Lock

James has been racing as an elite athlete for a number of years racking up some impressive results. The most notable of which is a 6th place finish in the 2010 World Aquathlon Championships.

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Ben Shaw

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Russell White

After a difficult start to 2011 with injury affecting Russell’s running, he showed an impressive return to form placing 1^st in the London Junior Elite Triathlon, 4^th in the British Junior Championships and 9^th in the Tisijauvarous Junior European Cup.

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Aaron O' Brien, Limerick

Aichlinn O'Reilly, Mayo

Chris Mintern, Cork

Constantine Doherty, Mayo

Kieran Jackson, Waterford

Stephen Rooney, Clare