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Tony O’Connor
Born - Grimsby, England
Date of Birth - June 1st, 1969
Club - Neptune Rowing Club
Position - Stroke
Coach - Ray Sims
Career highlights
Tony has won 18 national senior titles in 8+*, 4+, 4- and 2- categories, and has been a member of the national team in 1993
He has competed for Ireland in both World and Olympic Championships, with outstanding achievements.
Tony has also won two bronze medals and two silver medals from 1994 to 1999 in 2- class in the World Championships, and came 4th in the 4- in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1996.
(* The plus symbol denotes that a cox is present, the minus symbol, for example 2-, denotes a coxless pair)
A member of the lightweight four which took fourth in the 1996 Olympic Games and also shared a boat with Maxwell for World Championship silver (1996, '97) and bronze ('94 and '99) in the lightweight pair.
SCHEDULE
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VENUE
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Monday 18th September
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Session starts 08:30
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Rowing - Men's Lightweight Coxless Four heats
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Regatta Centre
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IRISH ATHLETES
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IRISH OLYMPIANS
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A who's-who of all the Irish athletes in Australia
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