Irish Olympic sailing was well represented by 20 sailors when the Olympic Federation of Ireland and the Irish Olympians Association celebrated 100 years of Ireland's participation at the Olympic Games (1924 - 2024) on March 13th.
The evening marked the release of a special list of all 911 athletes (with 62 sailors) who have represented Ireland at the Olympics since Paris 1924 and will mark the start of a partnership with Trinity College Dublin to celebrate their Olympic athletes past and present.
Among the sailors who attended were David Wilkins, who represented Ireland at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics, bringing home a Silver Medal with Jamie Wilkinson and Rio 2016 Silver Medalist Annalise Murphy. Also present were Maeve McNally, Conrad Simpson, Mark Mansfield, Curly Morris, Dan O'Grady, Sean Waddilove, Marshall King, Cathy MacAleavey, Mark Lyttle, Aisling Bowman, Garrett Connolly, Bill O'Hara, Denise Lyttle, Robert Dix, Ciara Peelo, David Wilkins, Annalise Murphy, Phil Lawton and Tom Fitzpatrick.
The event took place in the Senior Common Room of Trinity College Dublin with the French Ambassador in attendance and was one of the first in a series of events planned for 2024.
Ireland has won 38 Olympic medals, two of which are in sailing.