World Champion Eve McMahon and ILCA Teammates Welcomed Home at Dublin Airport

1st August 2022

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Homecoming - Eve McMahon with her mother Vicky and her father Jim upon arrival at Dublin airport Credit: INPHO/Tom Maher

Dublin sailor Eve McMahon (18) was pictured arriving home to Dublin Airport this morning after capturing gold in the single-handed ILCA 6 class at the 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Houston, Texas on Saturday, July 30th.

Irish Sailor of the Year McMahon and her teammates were greeted by friends, family and supporters on Bank Holiday Monday after an outstanding month of competition for the Howth Yacht Club sailor.

(Above and below) Eve McMahon arriving to Dublin airport after capturing gold in the single-handed ILCA6 class at the 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Houston, Texas on Saturday evening, July 30th. This gold medal win is McMahon’s third consecutive gold medal this year, having also picked up a gold medal at the World Sailing Youth World Championships in the Hague, and at the ILCA 6 Youth European Championships in GreecePhoto: INPHO/Tom Maher

As Afloat reported earlier, this gold medal win is McMahon’s third consecutive gold medal this year, having also picked up a gold medal at the World Sailing Youth World Championships in the Hague, and at the ILCA 6 Youth European Championships in Greece.

Eve is greeted by her grandfather Tom McMahon Photo: INPHO/Tom Maher

Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon and Rocco Wright were both Gold medal winners at the World Youth Sailing Championships in The Hague Photo: INPHO/Tom Maher

Eve McMahon with her mother Vicky and her father Jim Photo: INPHO/Tom Maher

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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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