Anna Geary

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Anna Geary
Personal information
Irish name Áine Ní Ghadhra
Sport Camogie
Position Full Back
Born (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 34)
Cork, Ireland
Nickname Asumpta
Club(s)
Years Club
 Milford
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2003–2015
 Cork
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 4
All Stars 6

Anna Geary (born 28 July 1987) is a camogie player and television personality from Milford, County Cork, Ireland.

Sporting career[]

She is a winner of four All Star awards, most recently in 2011. She previously won All-Star awards in 2005 and 2006 and 2010.[1] and All Ireland medals in 2005[2] 2006, 2009 and 2014.[3] She was nominated for a further All-Star award in 2007.[4]

Geary was captain as Cork won the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.[5] Geary Is the winner of 3 All Ireland Club medals in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Three Munster camogie club medals and three county camogie medals with her club Milford. She also won a European camogie championship playing for GSC Luxembourg in 2008.[6] In May 2015, Geary announced her retirement from inter-county camogie at the age of 27.[7][8][9]

Personal life[]

In 2019 Geary married her long-time partner, Dublin man Kevin Sexton, in a ceremony at Castlemartyr resort, Cork.[10]

Television career[]

In 2015, she joined the coaching panel of the RTÉ One reality competition series, Ireland's Fittest Family.[11] In her first year on the series she made it to the final with her family, the Daverns, ultimately finishing in third place.

She returned to the show in 2016, winning this time with the Cummins family from Co. Tipperary.[12] It was confirmed in May 2017 that Anna would return to the series for a third consecutive year alongside Davy Fitzgerald, returning coach Derval O'Rourke and new coach, Donncha O'Callaghan.[13]

In 2016, she hosted a weekly sport segment on TV3's The Seven O'Clock Show with Martin King and Lucy Kennedy.[citation needed]

She was also a contributor on Marty Morrissey's weekly RTÉ Radio 1 show, The Marty Squad.[citation needed]

In 2017, she was announced as the pitch-side presenter of eir Sport's Match Night Live.[citation needed]

In 2018, she competed in Dancing With the stars series two in Ireland and finished runner-up.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ^ 2005 Cork 1-17 Tipperary 1-13 All Ireland final reports in Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and [1][permanent dead link]
  3. ^ 2006 Cork 0-12 Tipperary 0-4 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Youtube Video highlights one and related part two
  4. ^ 2007 All Star nominations
  5. ^ "Anna Geary reveals career change prompted Cork exit". Irish Examiner. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ^ Heneghan, Conor (2016). "Around the World in 80 Clubs: Gaelic Sports Club, Luxembourg (#15)". Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  7. ^ "'My career has to become my priority' – Cork's All-Ireland winning captain Anna Geary announces shock retirement". Irish Independent. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ^ "'The career has to become my priority' – Last year's All-Ireland-winning camogie captain retires at 27". The 42. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Anna Geary calls time on Cork career". RTÉ Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Anna Geary on fitness, wedding prep, and the new job". 20 October 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Camogie champ Geary joins Ireland's fittest family". RTE.ie. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  12. ^ Armstrong, Kathy (18 December 2016). "Ireland's Fittest Family 2016 has been REVEALED". irishmirror. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Derval O'Rourke Returns to Ireland's Fittest Family for New 2017 Series | The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

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