Disability class F41 Personal best(s) 27.05 m | Sport Athletics Club Eagle Athletic Club | |
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Residence County Cork, Republic of Ireland | ||
Paralympian niamh mccarthy
Niamh McCarthy (born 4 January 1994) is an Irish paralympic discus thrower.
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Career
McCarthy started competing in discus events in 2013, winning world and European medals before taking a silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
McCarthy is a former student of Biological and Chemical Sciences at University College Cork. She also practises sky-diving. She has dwarfism and lordosis and competes in F41 classification events, which for women is for those under 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) in height.
References
Niamh McCarthy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA