Daniel Wiffen Named Swimmer Of The Yr At Swim Eire Awards After Golden 2024
Daniel Wiffen was named Swimmer of the Yr on the 2024 Swim Eire Awards after 12 memorable months during which he grew to become Olympic and world champion.
Róisín NíRiain (para swimming) and Jake Passmore (diving) have been additionally honoured whereas Ellen Keane was inducted into the Corridor of Fame on the ceremony on the Dunboyne Fort Resort, County Meath.
Wiffen grew to become the primary Irish swimmer to win a world swimming title with victory within the 800 free in Doha in February. He then grew to become the fourth man to clinch the gap double by claiming the 1500 in a nationwide document of 14:34.07.
He made additional historical past in Paris as the primary Irishman to win an Olympic title with a superbly-executed 800 free the place he held off Bobby Finke’s customary late cost.
He adopted that up days later with bronze within the longest race within the pool as Finke crushed the WR in 14:30.67.
European Junior 100 free bronze medallist Grace Davison was honoured with the Feminine Efficiency Pathway Athlete of the Yr for swimming after a unbelievable season the place she certified for 2 relays on the Olympic Video games.
Dearbhaile Brady gained the Feminine Efficiency Pathway Award for Para Swimming having gained World Sequence and European Championships medals, and making her Paralympics debut ending a formidable fifth within the 50m Butterfly.
Nationwide Centre Limerick’s John Shortt gained the Male Efficiency Pathway Athlete of the Yr Award after turning into Eire’s first ever male European Junior champion, profitable gold within the 200m backstroke and silver within the 100m in Vilnius, Lithuania in July.
NíRiain’s Nationwide Centre Limerick Coach John Szaranek and Head Coach of Templeogue Swim Group and coach to Olympic finalist Ellen Walshe, Brian Sweeney, have been collectively awarded the Efficiency Coach of the Yr Award whereas Ards’ Curtis Coulter gained the Efficiency Pathway Coach of the Yr Award for his work with Davison.
Passmore gained the Diver of the Yr Award for his performances on the World Championships in June and Olympic Video games in July, he was additionally a finalist within the World Cup Tremendous-Ultimate in April.
Keane was honoured for an emphatic profession that spanned 5 Paralympic Video games and noticed her win SB8 100m breaststroke gold at Rio 2016 adopted by silver 5 years later in Tokyo.
Cork membership Sunday’s Nicely SC acquired the Membership of the Yr Award after being chosen from a shortlist of 4 which additionally included Aer Lingus Masters SC, Bluefin SC and Larne SC.
4 volunteers have been honoured for his or her work inside their golf equipment and areas, Fionnuala O’Neill from Leinster, Pat McTigue (Munster), Natasha Walshe (Connacht) and Catherine Hanratty (Ulster).
Launched as a brand new award in 2024, 4 people acquired Excellent Contribution to Aquatics Awards, Keith Lynch (Water Polo), Aqualine (Aquatics), Peter Conway (Swimming & Open Water), and Ian Wright (Swimming) have been honoured for his or her contributions to their respective disciplines.
Swim Eire President Alison Honan devoted her President’s award to Ulster’s Linda Stoops, for her excellent contribution to the Ulster area over a few years.
Talking on the occasion Swim Eire CEO Sarah Keane mentioned: “We’re delighted to come back collectively, to have a good time the success of our athletes and to honour people who have helped them to get to the place they’re. It was unbelievable to see so a lot of our neighborhood current to have a good time probably the most unimaginable yr for Irish Aquatics.”
