Aoife Hoey

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Aoife Hoey (born September 6, 1983[1]) is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2004.[2] She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.[3]

[edit] Bobsleigh career

Aoife and her older sister, Siobhán, received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland funding, but no commercial sponsorship.[4] They didn't qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics.[5]

For the 2007-08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup.[6] She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at Igls on November 22, 2007 [7] and 14th at Königssee on November 29, 2007.[8]

[edit] Athletics career

In 2005 she was Irish national outdoor champion in the triple jump jumping a wind assisted 11.73 metres.[9] She also works for the Athletics Association of Ireland as an administrative assistant.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hoey, Aoife (IRL). sportresult.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  2. ^ Aoife Hoey. bobsleighsport.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  3. ^ World Championships Women's Bob Calgary. FIBT the international home of Bobsleigh and Skeleton sports. Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  4. ^ Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip, Laois Nationalist, 30 July 2003.
  5. ^ Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced, Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1), 26 January 2006.
  6. ^ FIBT 2007-08 Women's bobsleigh quotas. - accessed February 9, 2008.
  7. ^ November 22, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results - accessed February 10, 2008.
  8. ^ November 29, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results - accessed February 10, 2008
  9. ^ List of Irish national outdoor champions., p. 32. - accessed February 9, 2008.
  10. ^ Athletics Association of Ireland Executive Committee - accessed February 9, 2008.
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