Ireland at the 2015 European Games

Ireland at the
2015 European Games
IOC code IRL
NOC Olympic Council of Ireland
Website www.olympicsport.ie
in Baku, Azerbaijan
12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors 7 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Katie Taylor
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 1 3 6
European Games appearances

Ireland is scheduled to participate at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.[1]

Boxer Brendan Irvine guaranteed Ireland its first ever European Games medal on 22 June by winning his quarterfinal in the men's 49 kg boxing event, thus ensuring at worst a bronze medal.

Medal Summary

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold O'Reilly, MichaelMichael O'Reilly Boxing Men's 75 kg 27 June
 Gold Taylor, KatieKatie Taylor Boxing Women's 60 kg 27 June
 Silver Irvine, BrendanBrendan Irvine Boxing Men's 49 kg 25 June
 Bronze McComb, SeanSean McComb Boxing Men's 60 kg 26 June
 Bronze Magee, JoshuaJoshua Magee
Magee, SamSam Magee
Badminton Men's doubles 26 June
 Bronze Magee, ChloeChloe Magee
Magee, SamSam Magee
Badminton Mixed doubles 27 June
Medals by sport
Sports 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Boxing 2 1 1 4
Badminton 0 0 2 2


Archery

Ireland qualified two archers for the 2015 Games; as a result, Ireland was also eligible to field a team in the mixed pairs competition.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Darren Wallace Men's individual 630 52 Pasqualucci
Italy
L 2-6
Did not advance 52
Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham Women's individual 596 57 Erdyniyeva
Russia
L 0-6
Did not advance 57
Darren Wallace
Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham
Mixed Team 1226 27 N/A Did not advance 27

Badminton

Ireland qualified an entrant in each of the five events, including the top seeds in men's singles and mixed doubles, and the sixth seed in women's singles.

Athlete Event Group Stages Round of 16
Opposition
Result
Quarterfinals
Opposition
Result
Semifinals
Opposition
Result
Final
Opposition
Result
Rank
Match 1
Opposition
Result
Match 2
Opposition
Result
Match 3
Opposition
Result
Pool

Rank
Scott Evans Men's singles Charalambidis
Greece
W 2-0
21-7, 21-9
Krausz
Hungary
W 2-0
21-16, 21-7
Tan
Belgium
W 2-1
14-21, 21-13, 21-13
1 Q Kisyov
Bulgaria
W 2-0
21-6, 21-13
Holst
Denmark
L 0-2
17-21, 14-21
Did not advance
Chloe Magee Women's singles Tolmoff
Estonia
L 0-2
18-21, 17-21
Sefere
Latvia
W 2-0
21-9, 21-7
Tan
Belgium
W 2-1
11-21, 22-20, 21-12
3 Did not advance
Josh Magee
Sam Magee
Men's doubles Mogensen &
Boe
Denmark
L 0-2
21-17, 21-16
A Silva &
R Silva
Portugal
W 2-0
21-13, 21-6
Florian &
Kopriva
Czech Republic
W 2-0
21-16, 21-7
2 Q N/A Dierickx &
Golinksi
Belgium
W 2-1
23-21, 19-21, 21-14
Ivanov &
Sozonov
Russia
L
0-2
5-21, 9-21
Did not advance 3rd
Rachel Darragh
Sara Boyle
Women's doubles Lindholm &
Nystrom
Finland
L 0-2
15-21, 15-21
Baumann &
Fontaine
France
L 0-2
19-21, 18-21
Bolotova &
Kosetskaya
Russia
L 2-0
21-9, 21-9
4 Did not advance
Chloe Magee
Sam Magee
Mixed doubles Bartusis &
Fomkinaite
Lithuania
W 2-0
21-8, 21-10
Cali &
Sadowski
Malta
W 2-0
21-3, 21-2
Bitman &
Basova
Czech Republic
W 2-1
21-11, 19-21, 21-14
1 Q Pietryja &
Wojtkowska
Poland
W 2-0
21-18, 21-12
Mittelheisser &
Fontaine
France
L 0-2
15-21, 21-23
Did not advance 3rd

Basketball (3x3)

Ireland have qualified a women's team of four for the 3x3 Basketball competition because of results at the 2014 European 3x3 Championships.

Athlete Event Group Stages Round of 16
Opposition
Result
Quarterfinals
Opposition
Result
Semifinals
Opposition
Result
Final
Opposition
Result
Rank
Match 1
Opposition
Result
Match 2
Opposition
Result
Match 3
Opposition
Result
Pool

Rank
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Niamh Dwyer
Grainne Dwyer
Suzanne Maguire
Orla O’Reilly
Women's 3x3 Slovenia
Slovenia
L 10-14
Slovakia
Slovakia
W 20-12
Spain
Spain
L 11-21
3 Q Czech Republic
Czech Republic
W 17-13
Russia
Russia
L 15-21
Did not advance 5

Boxing

Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Brendan Irvine 49 kg N/A Banabakov
Bulgaria
W 3-0
Alizada
Azerbaijan
W 2-1
Zamotayev
Ukraine W 3-0
Sagaluev
Russia L 2-1
2nd
Myles Casey 52 kg Fihurenka
Belarus
W 3-0
Mamishzada
Azerbaijan
L 0-3
Did not advance
Kurt Walker 56 kg Nazirov
Russia
L 1-2
Did not advance
Sean Mccomb 60 kg Beliak
Ukraine
W 3-0
Cosenza
Italy
W 3-0
Yilmaz
Turkey
W 3-0
Selimov
Azerbaijan
L 0-3
Did not advance 3rd
Dean Walsh 64 kg N/A Dadashev
Russia
W 2-1
Sopa
Germany
L 3-0
Did not advance
Adam Nolan 69 kg Beqiri
Albania
W 3-0
Morelo
Italy
W 3-0
Kelly
United Kingdom
L 1-2
Did not advance
Michael O'Reilly 75 kg Vrgoc
Croatia
W 3-0
Sabotic
Montenegro
W 3-0
Venko
Slovenia
W 3-0
Koptyakov
Russia
W WO
Musalov
Azerbaijan
W 3-0
1st
Darren O'Neill 91 kg Jinaru
Romania
W 3-0
Sinkevics
Latvia
W 3-0
Manukian
Ukraine L 1-2
Did not advance
Dean Gardiner +91 kg N/A Vianello
Italy
W 3-0
Yoka
France
L 0-3
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ceire Smith 51 kg Johansen
Norway
W 3-0
Sagataeva
Russia
L 1-2
Did not advance
Michaela Walsh 54 kg Saveleva
Russia
L 0-3
Did not advance
Katie Taylor 60 kg Eliseeva
Bulgaria
W 3-0
Lundblad
Sweden
W 3-0
Alekseevna
Russia
W 2-1
Mossely
France
W 3-0
1st

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Egan
Simas Dobrovolskis
Men's K2 1000 m 3:49.417 7 3:38.587 9 Did not advance
Men's K2 200 m 35.048 7 Did not advance
Tom Brennan Men's K1 200 m 36.446 6 36.191 8 Did not advance
Andrzej Jezierski Men's C1 200 m 42.336 6 40.227 5 Did not advance
Jennifer Egan Women's K1 200 m 42.643 6 42.657 8 Did not advance
Women's K1 500 m 1:55.468 6 1:52.536 7 Did not advance

Cycling

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ryan Mullen Men's time trial 1:02:17.86 8
Ryan Mullen Men's road race DNF -
Sean Downey DNF -
Eddie Dunbar 5:42:09 48
Jack Wilson DNF -
Connor Dunne 5:33:36 45
Caroline Ryan Women's time trial 35:29.55 15
Women's road race DNF -

Diving

Ireland sent one diver to the games.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Natasha McManus Women's 1 m springboard 319.70 19 Did not advance
Women's 3 m springboard 358.20 10 Q 381.50 10

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Eoin Fleming 73 kg Vanlioglu
Turkey
L 000-100|
Did not advance

Karate

Athlete Event Group phase Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Karen Dolphin Women's Kata  Sanchez (ESP)
L 5–0
 Miskova (CZE)
L 5–0
 Scordo (FRA)
L 5–0
4 Did not advance

Shooting

  • Men's trap -

Ireland secured one quota in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Derek Burnett Men's trap 120 10 Did not advance

Swimming

  • Women's 200 m freestyle 1 quota place (Rachel Bethel)
  • Women's 200 m breaststroke 1 quota place (Mona McSharry)
  • Women's 100 m backstroke 1 quota place (Danielle Hill)
  • Men's 100 m backstroke 1 quota place (Rory McEvoy)
  • Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free (Katie Baguley)

Taekwondo


Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015,Ireland secured one quota for the Games.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chloe Aboud Women's −67 kg  Johansson (SWE)
L 6-14
Did not advance =13

Triathlon

Ireland had three quota places in the Triathlon events. Aileen Reid gained the best result, 6th, in the women's race.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total time Rank
Russell White Men's triathlon 19:28 0:50 57:37 0:26 36:20 1:54:41 36
Aaron O’Brien - - - - - DNF -
Aileen Reid Women's triathlon 20:46 0:47 1:06:19 0:29 35:37 2:03:58 6

Wrestling

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Soslan Tuaev 74 kg BYE DNC
Alex Dolly 86 kg  Friev (ESP)
L 4–0
Did not advance

References

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