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A clear winner with a race to spare, Eve McMahon retained the ILCA 6 U21World Championship title 30 points ahead of her closest competitors

Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon Retains ILCA 6 U21 World Champion Title

8th July 2024 Eve McMahon
Irish Sailor of the Year Eve McMahon retained the title of ILCA 6 U21 World Champion in style at Viana Do Costello, Portugal on Monday. As Afloat reported previously, McMahon emerged as the clear victor, finishing 30 points ahead of…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon has a14-point winning margin after ten races sailed at the U21 ILCA 6 World Championship in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

In Charge Eve McMahon Takes 14 Point Lead into Final Races of ILCA 6 Under 21 World Championship in Portugal

8th July 2024 Eve McMahon
A dominant performance in Portugal sees Ireland's Eve McMahon enter the final two races of her 2024 ILCA 6 Under 21 World Championship title defence with a 14-point lead on Monday (July 8th). After Sunday's windiest day of the competition…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon has a ten-point winning margin after eight races sailed at the U21 ILCA 6 World Championship in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

Eve McMahon on Course to Retain ILCA 6 Under 21 World Championship Title in Portugal

7th July 2024 Eve McMahon
Ireland's Eve McMahon is on course to retain her 2024 ILCA 6 Under 21 World Championship after another race victory on Saturday to bring her tally to four race wins with all scores in the top four  (1,1,3, (4), 1,…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon leads overall after six races sailed at the U21 ILCA 6 World Championship in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

Ireland's Eve McMahon Back on Top at ILCA U21 World Champs in Portugal

5th July 2024 Eve McMahon
Eve McMahon is back in the lead after six races as she defends her U21 ILCA 6 World Championship title in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal. McMahon is competing in Portugal, just weeks before she makes her Olympic debut in Paris 2024. The Howth sailor took…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon was third in both races in the second day of competition at the U21 ILCA 6 World Championship in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal to trail Australia's Evie Saunders by one point

Australia's Evie Edges Ireland's Eve at ILCA U21 World Champs Day Two in Portugal

5th July 2024 Eve McMahon
Eve McMahon has lost her early lead in the defence of her U21 ILCA 6 World Championship title in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal. The Irish youth star is competing in Portugal, just weeks before she makes her Olympic debut in Paris 2024. Australia's…
From left: Seán Waddilove, Eve McMahon and Robert Dickson will represent Ireland in sailing at the Paris Olympics

Howth Yacht Club Postpones Celebration of Paris 2024 Competitors

4th July 2024 Howth YC
Howth Yacht Club has postponed its planned send-off for its Paris 2024 competitors due to the recent rise in Covid-19 cases nationwide. The club cited a “reported recent increase in the occurrence of respiratory and similar ailments” and says it…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon won both races in the opening day's competition of the U21 ILCA 6 World Championship in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal to lead Australia's Evie Saunders by four points

Eve McMahon's U21 World Title Defence is Off to a Perfect Start in Portugal

4th July 2024 Eve McMahon
Eve McMahon's defence of her U21 ILCA 6 World Championship title is off to a perfect start in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal, just weeks before the youth star makes her Olympic debut in Paris 2024. The Howth star won both races in the…
Eve McMahon defends her title at U21 World Championships in Portugal this week

Howth's Eve McMahon Defends U21 World Championship Title in Portugal Ahead of Olympic Debut

2nd July 2024 Eve McMahon
Ireland's Eve McMahon defends her U21 World Championship Title in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal, on Wednesday, just weeks before the youth star makes her Olympic debut in Paris 2024. The Irish Sailor of the Year is the only sailor in…
Afloat's Irish Sailor of the Year, Eve McMahon makes her Olympic debut this summer at Paris 2024, having qualified in the Women’s Dinghy

Irish Sailors Officially Named for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

18th June 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the sailing team that will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Rio Olympian, Finn Lynch, will compete in the Men’s Dinghy, and Tokyo Olympians Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove…
Eve McMahon, pictured here racing in 2022, was named Sportsperson of the Year at the UCD Athletic Union Council Sports Awards on Thursday 16 May

Howth’s Eve McMahon is UCD’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year

20th May 2024 Eve McMahon
Howth Yacht Club’s Eve McMahon is UCD’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year, as announced at the UCD Athletic Union Council Sports Awards last Thursday (16 May). The BComm International student and ILCA 6 sailor receives the award for her phenomenal…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon in Marseille ahead of the Olympic Torch Relay

Irish Sailor of the Year Eve McMahon Selected For Olympic Torch Relay in Marseille

8th May 2024 Eve McMahon
Celebrations are about to get underway in Marseille, France today (8 May) as the city prepares for the arrival of the Olympic flame to French soil. Irish Sailor of the Year and Team Ireland Paris Scholar Eve McMahon has been…
Howth's Eve McMahon is now in fifth overall after her three opening races at French Olympic Week at Hyères

Three Howth Yacht Club Boats in Top Ten Overall After Day Two of French Olympic Week at Hyères

23rd April 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Howth Yacht Club boats have moved into the top ten of their respective events on the second day of French Olympic Week at Hyères on the Cote D'Azur, France, one of the last big regattas before the Olympic Games itself.…
Olympic ILCA 6 qualified Eve McMahon (Howth Yacht Club) had the best result of the Irish Team at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma, finishing 14th overall of 114 boats after a 5th place finish on her final day of racing.

Eve McMahon Best of the Irish at Massive Palma de Mallorca Regatta

8th April 2024 Eve McMahon
Olympic ILCA 6 qualified Eve McMahon (Howth Yacht Club), the 2023 Irish Sailor of the Year, had the best result of the Irish Team at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma, finishing 14th overall out of 114 boats after a…
Storming along to the big win in Tangier. Eve McMahon was to show grace under pressure in maintaining a very clear lead in the ILCA U21 Worlds in Tangier

Irish Sailor of the Year Eve McMahon is Spirit of the Age

22nd March 2024 W M Nixon
Friday evening’s announcement of the Irish Sailor of the Year 2023 title for 19-year-old Eve McMahon at her sailing home of Howth Yacht Club well captures the zeitgeist of mid-2020s Ireland, not least in the fact that the title holder…
Howth Yacht Club sailor Eve McMahon has been crowned Irish Sailor of the Year at the Irish Sailing Awards in Howth

World Sailing Champion Eve McMahon Honoured at Irish Sailing Awards in Howth

22nd March 2024 Eve McMahon
Howth sailor Eve McMahon won the prestigious Irish Sailor of the Year, presented by Afloat Magazine this evening, Friday 22 March, at the Irish Sailing Awards in Howth Yacht Club, Co. Dublin. Former Irish Sailing Youth Sailor Awardee Eve was…
Howth's Eve McMahon continues to lead the ILCA 6 U21 European Championships in Mallorca

Howth's Eve McMahon Continues to Lead Women's U21 European Championships After Five Races Sailed in Mallorca

20th March 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Ireland's Paris 2024 representative in the ILCA 6 class, Eve McMahon, continues to lead the 2024 Women's U21 European Championships after five races sailed in Mallorca on Wednesday, but Poland's Lilly May Niezabitowska has whittled the Irish woman's margin down to…

EVE MCMAHON

Age: 20
World Ranking: 12th (best to date)
Olympic Ranking: 12th
Hometown: Howth, Dublin
Club: Howth YC
Coach: Rory Fitzpatrick

When she was younger, Eve followed in the footsteps of her two older brothers (Ewan and Jamie) and started summer sailing courses in Howth YC at the age of just 7. Although new enough to the senior circuit she started training alongside senior athletes long before this Olympic cycle. She worked as both Anne-Marie Rindom’s DEN (Tokyo Olympic Gold medallist) and Annalise Murphy’s IRL, official training partner for the Tokyo Olympic cycle.

So, it is no surprise that after finishing her time in the youth fleet with a Triple Crown, McMahon then went on to qualify Ireland in the ILCA 6 fleet for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. McMahon would like to be the most successful Irish female, ILCA 6 sailor ever and be a figurehead for women in sport, especially sailing.

  • Paris 2024 Team Ireland Olympian
  • 2023 U21 ILCA 6 World Champion
  • 2022 Youth ILCA 6 World Sailing Champion
  • 2022 Youth ILCA 6 European Championship
  • 2021 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship
  • 2021 U19 Silver Medallist European Championships
  • Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year 2019, 2020 and 2021, 2022 and 2023

Eve was also awarded Afloat’s Sailor of the Year 2023 as well as UCD’s Sportsperson of the Year and was nominated for RTE’s Young Sportsperson of the Year. She is from from Howth Co. Dublin, and on being selected for the Irish Olympic Team she is one of Team Ireland’s Paris Scholars studying International Commerce at UCD.

Eve additionally had the unique opportunity to carry the Olympic Flame on the initial stages of its journey landing in Marseille, France, where she will be competing this summer, on its route to the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

Eve McMahon's 2021 sailing achievements

  • Irish Sailor of the Year 2021
  • Gold Medallist Youth World Championships Italy Highest Ranked Irish Female 
  • Star Sailors league Silver medal at the Youth European Championships Croatia Gold medallist U19,
  • Silver medallist U21 Senior European Championships Bulgaria Race win Senior European Championships Bulgaria
  • Selected Paris 2024 Olympic Solidarity Scholarship Sport Ireland
  • 15th Senior European Championships Bulgaria, 1st Irish Female, securing Sport Ireland Carding.
  • Youth ISAF World Representative Oman, equivalent to Youth Olympic in sailing,
  • 4th overall Guinness World Record Participant Beach Clean up -
  • Oman Gold medallist U19 Allianz World Cup Netherlands
  • Gold medallist U23 Lanzarote International Regatta 4th
  • U21 European Championships Montenegro
  • Nominated for Irish Sailor of The Year
  • Bronze medallist Connaught's Wexford
  • 9th Silver Fleet European Continental Qualification
  • 5th Pre-Qualifciation regatta Lanzarote

 

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