Ireland’s golden roll of honour
Katie Taylor with the gold medal she won at the 2012 Olympics in London when she won the women’s boxing lightweight division. Photo: Eric Luke
In the 100 years since Ireland started participating in the Olympic Games as an independent nation, just nine Irish people have climbed the podium to accept the ultimate accolade of a gold medal.
In all, Ireland has won 11 gold medals over that time, with the first of them going to hammer-thrower Dr Pat O’Callaghan at the 1928 games in Amsterdam. He followed up that success by winning gold again at the 1932 games in Los Angeles.
