Ireland at the 2015 European Games

Ireland at the
2015 European Games
Ireland at the; 2015 European Games
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Baku, Azerbaijan; 12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors	62 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Katie Taylor
Medals; Ranked 25th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 6
European Games appearances (overview)
	2015; 2019;

Ireland competed 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	Michael O'Reilly	Boxing	Men's 75 kg	27 June
Gold	Katie Taylor	Boxing	Women's 60 kg	27 June
Silver	Brendan Irvine	Boxing	Men's 49 kg	25 June
Bronze	Seán McComb	Boxing	Men's 60 kg	26 June
Bronze	Joshua Magee Sam Magee	Badminton	Men's doubles	26 June
Bronze	Chloe Magee Sam Magee	Badminton	Mixed doubles	27 June

Medals by sport
Sports				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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual	630	52	Pasqualucci L 2–6	Did not advance					52
	Women's individual	596	57	Erdyniyeva L 0–6	Did not advance					57
	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
Athlete	Event	Match 1 Opposition Result	Match 2 Opposition Result	Match 3 Opposition Result	Pool Rank	Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Scott Evans	Men's singles	W 2–0 21–7, 21–9	Krausz W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 14–21, 21–13, 21–13	1 Q	Kisyov W 2–0 21–6, 21–13	Holst L 0–2 17–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Chloe Magee	Women's singles	Tolmoff L 0–2 18–21, 17–21	Sefere W 2–0 21–9, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 11–21, 22–20, 21–12	3	Did not advance
Josh Magee Sam Magee	Men's doubles	& Boe L 0–2 21–17, 21–16	& W 2–0 21–13, 21–6	Florian & Kopriva W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	2 Q	N/A	Dierickx & Golinski W 2–1 23–21, 19–21, 21–14	Ivanov & Sozonov L 0–2 5–21, 9–21	Did not advance
Rachel Darragh	Women's doubles	& Nystrom L 0–2 15–21, 15–21	Baumann & Fontaine L 0–2 19–21, 18–21	Bolotova & Kosetskaya L 2–0 21–9, 21–9	4		Did not advance
Chloe Magee Sam Magee	Mixed doubles	Bartusis & W 2–0 21–8, 21–10	& W 2–0 21–3, 21–2	Bitman & Basova W 2–1 21–11, 19–21, 21–14	1 Q		Pietryja & Wojtkowska W 2–0 21–18, 21–12	& Fontaine L 0–2 15–21, 21–23	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	Match 1 Opposition Result	Match 2 Opposition Result	Match 3 Opposition Result	Pool Rank	Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Ireland Orla O'Reilly	Women's 3x3	Slovenia L 10–14	Slovakia W 20–12	Spain L 11–21	3 Q	Czech Republic W 17–13	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendan Irvine	49 kg	N/A	W 3–0	Alizada W 2–1	Zamotayev W 3–0	L 2–1
	52 kg	W 3–0	Mamishzada L 0–3	Did not advance
Kurt Walker	56 kg	L 1–2	Did not advance
Seán McComb	60 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	Yilmaz W 3–0	Selimov L 0–3	Did not advance
Dean Walsh	64 kg	N/A	Dadashev W 2–1	L 3–0	Did not advance
Adam Nolan	69 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	Kelly L 1–2	Did not advance
Michael O'Reilly	75 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	Koptyakov W WO	W 3–0
Darren O'Neill	91 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 1–2	N/A\|Did not advance
	+91 kg	N/A	Vianello W 3–0	Yoka L 0–3	N/A\|Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	51 kg	W 3–0	L 1–2	Did not advance
Michaela Walsh	54 kg	Saveleva L 0–3	Did not advance
Katie Taylor	60 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	Alekseevna W 2–1	Mossely W 3–0

Canoeing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	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
	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
Jennifer Egan	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
		DNF	–
Conor Dunne		5:33:36	45
Caroline Ryan	Women's time trial	35:29.55	15
Caroline Ryan	Women's road race	DNF	–

Diving[]

Ireland sent one diver to the games.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	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[]

Men's team – Kieran Behan, Rohan Sebastian, Daniel Fox
Women's team – Ellis O'Reilly, ,

Judo[]

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

Karate[]

Athlete	Event	Group phase				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Women's Kata	Sánchez (ESP) L 5–0	(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
Athlete	Event	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 ()
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 ()
Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free ()

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	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
	Men's triathlon	–	–	–	–	–	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	74 kg	BYE	DNC
	86 kg	(ESP) L 4–0	Did not advance

References[]

^ Baku 2015 Participants Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Baku 2015 Participants Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

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