The sky is (literally) the limit for Niamh McCarthy

What do you do after winning a Paralympic silver medal less than four years after taking up competitive sport?

You pack up your parachute harness and throw yourself out of planes again of course!

Carrigaline’s Paralympian Niamh McCarthy, 22, actually had to quit one great passion for another this year when, to her great surprise, she found herself competing in and finishing runner-up in the F41 discus final at the Rio Paralympics.