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Irish Olympic Canoeist, Eoin Rheinisch meets the TY students

TY Students with Eoin Rheinisch Photo: Ms. Finnegan
NEWS / 20 December 2013

On Thursday, 19th December, Irish Olympic Slalom canoeist Eoin Rheinisch visited Stratford to talk with the TY students. Fiona Maguire (TY) explained the highlights of his talk to the class.

On Thursday, 19th December, Irish Olympic Slalom canoeist Eoin Rheinisch visited Stratford to talk with the TY students as a Sky Sports Living for Sport Athlete Mentor. Fiona Maguire (TY) explained the highlight of his talk to the class:

"He was very inspirational as it took him so many years to get to the Olympic Games and he had a very small chance of ever making it, but yet he persevered through it all and he accomplished his dream."

Eoin Rheinisch's CV reads as follows (reference: www.eoinrheinisch.com):

  • Irish Olympian
  • World Cup Gold Medalist - La Seu D'urell Spain
  • 7 time World Cup Finalist
  • World Ranked 8th, 2006
  • 6th Place European Championship, 2007
  • 4th Place Beijing Olympic Games, 2008
  • 9th Place World Championships, 2009

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