Conor O'Loughlin

Conor O'Loughlin
Birth name Conor O'Loughlin
Date of birth (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982
Place of birth Galway, Ireland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 12 st 13 lb (82 kg)
School Marist College
University NUI Galway UCD Dublin UCC Cork
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
–2011 Connacht 98 105
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007 Ireland A 1 (0)

Conor O'Loughlin (born 16 July 1982) is a former Irish rugby union player for Connacht in the Celtic League. He played at scrum half.[1] He retired through a hip injury in 2011.[2]

Following his rugby career O'Loughlin founded Glofox, a business management software development company that services fitness studios. The software is used in hundreds of studios worldwide. In June 2016 Glofox announced that it had received funding from EI plus Growing Capital to the amount of €500K.[3] It subsequently raised €2m funding from Notion Capital, Partech Venutres and Tribal VC in April 2017 following the setup of a New York office. O'Loughlin currently acts in the capacity of CEO within the company.

Awards and Honours

On April 22, 2018, O’Loughlin received the title of Ireland’'s Best Young Entrepreneur for 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Conor O'Loughlin". Connacht Rugby Official Website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Injury forces Connacht's Conor O'Loughlin to retire". BBC Sport. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Irish gym software start-up Glofox flexes muscles as it raises €2m". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Former Connacht Rugby star Conor O'Loughlin named Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur". 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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