Anna Geary

Anna Geary
Personal information
Irish name Áine Ní Ghadhra
Sport Camogie
Position Full Back
Born (1988-07-28) 28 July 1988
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 1988) is a camogie player and television personality from Milford, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Sporting career

Anna is the 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. 3 munster camogie club medals and 3 county camogie medals with her club Milford. In May 2015, Geary announced her retirement from inter-county camogie at the age of 27.[6][7][8]

Television career

In 2015, Anna joined the coaching panel of the RTÉ One reality competition series, Ireland's Fittest Family.[9] In her first year on the series she made it to the final with her family, the Daverns, ultimately finishing in third place.

Anna returned to the show in 2016, winning this time with the Cummins family from Co. Tipperary.[10] It was confirmed in May 2017 that Anna would return to the series for a third consecutive year alongside Davy Fitz, returning coach Derval O'Rourke and new coach, Donncha O'Callaghan.[11]

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

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

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

In 2018, she competed in Dancing With the stars (DWTS) second series in Ireland. Her dancing partner is Kai Widdrington.

References

  1. ↑ "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ 2005 Cork 1-17 Tipperary 1-13 All Ireland final reports in Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and
  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. ↑ "'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.
  7. ↑ "'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.
  8. ↑ "Anna Geary calls time on Cork career". RTÉ Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Camogie champ Geary joins Ireland's fittest family". RTE.ie. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  10. ↑ Armstrong, Kathy (2016-12-18). "Ireland's Fittest Family 2016 has been REVEALED". irishmirror. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  11. ↑ "Derval O'Rourke Returns to Ireland's Fittest Family for New 2017 Series | The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
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