Eight individual Irish athletes, Ireland's men's hockey team and the women's 3x3 basketball team will share $345,000 (€298,000) in Los Angeles 2028 Olympic 'scholarship' funding announced today.
The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) today confirmed the recipients of the grants - including World Championship silver medallist Kate O'Connor - which are designed to assist athletes targeting Olympic qualification.
The money is provided through the International Olympic Committee's solidarity programme, and supported by Team Ireland’s commercial programme.
Each recipient will receive up to $30,653 (€26,500) over the four-year cycle, paid in three instalments annually, to help cover costs such as travel, training, accommodation, coaching, and medical insurance.
The teams will each receive a total of $50,000 (€43,225) to support them in the qualification journey to LA.
Team Ireland Chef de Mission for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Gavin Noble said: "These scholarships make a real difference in the journey to the Olympic Games.
They provide crucial support to athletes who are balancing full-time training, competition, and financial pressures. It's great to see such a strong mix of emerging and established athletes, all with genuine potential to perform at the highest level in Los Angeles."
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Chief executive officer of the Olympic Federation of Ireland Peter Sherrard said: "Thanks to the support of our commercial partners and Olympic solidarity funding, we have been able to invest over €2.5m in grants to athletes and sports during the past two cycles, while at the same time providing over €4m to support Games costs, playing our part in contributing meaningfully to the system-wide support of Sport Ireland to assist our member sports."
The individual scholarship recipients are: Heptathlete O'Connor and 1500m World Championship finalist Andrew Coscoran (athletics), World semi-finalist Evan Bailey and Junior European medallist Grace Davison (swimming), Aoife O'Brien (cycling), Ewan McMahon (sailing), Hollie Elliott (triathlon), World silver medallist Ronan Byrne (rowing).
