Catherine Walsh (athlete)

Catherine Mary Walsh is a visually impaired athlete from Ireland. She has competed internationally in both athletics and cycling, winning Paralympic medals in both.

Catherine Walsh
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Athletics
Paralympic Games
1992 Barcelona Pentathlon - P13
Cycling
Paralympic Games
2012 LondonTrack - Women's Individual Pursuit B
2012 LondonRoad - Women's Time Trial B

Career

Walsh competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, where she won a bronze medal, and the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where she did not secure a medal in track and field. Later, she competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where she earned a bronze medal in the women's Pentathlon - P13 event.[1] However, in 2007, she switched from a track and field athlete to a cycling athlete, winning silver at the 2009 International Cycling Federation Para-Cycling Track World Championships.[2]

She continued her success in cycling with a World Championship bronze medal in 2011[3] and a gold medal in the 3km Individual Pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4] During the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Walsh earned a silver medal in Women's Individual Pursuit B,[5] and a bronze medal in Women's Time Trial B.[6] She had announced her retirement after these Games.[7]

She won a gold medal at the Strathclyde International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para Triathlon Event in 2016[8] and named to Team Ireland's 2016 Paralympic Games PT5 triathlon roster.[9]

References
  1. O'Neill, Michael. "Paralympics: The Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan story". sportsnewsireland.com. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "Great Britain Tops UCI Track Championships". paralympic.org. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. "Ireland Aims to Top 2008 Performance in 2012". paralympic.org. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Irish Paralympic medallist announces retirement from cycling". insidethegames.biz. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit B". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. "Cycling - Women's Time Trial B". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. "Paralympics Ireland announces 2014 Athlete Panel". Federation of Irish Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. "Steadman follows Euro gold with win in Strathclyde". paralympic.org. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  9. "Catherine Added To Irish Paralympic Team". northcountyleader.ie. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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