Eoghan Clifford

Eoghan Clifford
Ph.D.
Personal information
Nationality Irish
Born (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980
Bruff, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Sport
Country  Ireland
Sport Track and road cycling
Disability class C3

Eoghan Clifford (born 26 August 1980) is an Irish Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C3 classification events. Clifford has represented Ireland at both road and track disciplines and is a multiple UCI Para-cycling World Champion, winning the C3 road race and the C3 time trial in Greenville in 2014, the scratch race at the track world championships in Apeldoorn in 2015 and the time trial event at Nottwil in 2015. He also won a bronze medal at the track world champions for the C3 pursuit in Apeldoorn in 2015 and Montichiari in 2016.

Personal history

Eoghan Clifford was born in 1980 in Dublin and grew up in Bruff, Co. Limerick, Ireland. Eoghan attended both Primary and Secondary school in Bruff and then went on to study at University in Galway. He lives with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, but still races at a national level in able-bodied events. Dr Clifford now works as a Lecturer in NUI Galway, and lives in Galway.[1]

References

  1. "Eoghan Clifford". paralympics.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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