| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Gary O'Toole |
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| Men's Swimming | ||
| Competitor for Ireland | ||
| European Championships (LC) | ||
| Silver | 1989 Bonn | 200 m Breaststroke |
| Summer Universiade | ||
| Gold | 1991 Sheffield | 200 m Breaststroke |
Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.
While studying at University College Dublin,[1] O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn . He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Longcourse.[2]
As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association, O'Toole had been approaced to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal.[3] Gibney, who coached O'Toole up until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored, and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA, and the creation of Swim Ireland.[4]
Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in 'Cancer' and 'Sports Knee Surgery',[1] although he does provide analysis for RTÉ Sport's Olympic swimming coverage.[5]
He is married, to Sorcha and has twin daughters born 2007- Libby and Robyn and lives in Donnybrook, in Dublin.
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