Name: Eimear Nicholls
Event: Para triathlon guide for Judith MacCombe
Age: 42
Eimear Nicholls will compete with Judith MacCombe as her sighted guide, with Paris her first Paralympic Games. An acomplished sportswoman, she began her professional triathlon career in 2011 and a year later won Ironman UK in Bolton and the Ironman 70.3 in Somerset.
She became the first Irish winner on Ironman and is the current Irish Ironman record holder with a time of 8.56.51 (Ironman Barcelona 2015). Named Irish triathlete of the year in 2014 following a host of victories.
