Mark Rohan
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| Nickname | Red[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 July 1981[2] Ballinahown, County Westmeath | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.803 m (5 ft 11.0 in) | |||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road handcycle | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist/all-rounder | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Rohan (born 26 July 1981) is an Irish cyclist, and a former Gaelic football and wheelchair basketball player. He competes in the H1 classification, and won two gold medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]
He won a gold medal in the Men's road time trial H1 event and in the Men's road race H1 event.[4][5][6] Rohan is paralysed from the chest down after a serious road accident in 2001.
References
- ↑ "Mark Rohan". Paracycling Ireland. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.followyourstar.ie/athlete/mark-rohan/
- ↑ "Rohan looks to follow poster girls' route to gold". Irish Independent. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mark Rohan wins gold for Ireland at the Paralympics". RTE Sport. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mark Rohan secures yet another gold medal for Ireland". Score. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "Paralympics 2012: Mark Rohan clinches another Irish gold". Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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