Name: Aoife Casey
Event: Rowing - Women's lightweight double scull
Age: 25
Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen secured their first senior rowing medal at the World Championships in 2022 after finishing second in the 'B' final of the Olympic Regatta in 2021.
The pair secured their place in Paris by winning the 'B' final at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade in 2023 after narrowly missing out on the 'A' final.
The pair finished fifth in the final at the World Cup II in April, some eight second behind the British winners.
Casey had a successful junior career winning European Junior gold in 2017 and silver in the European Under-23s a year later. The Skibbereen native has been rowing since 2009 and has the sport in her blood - her father, Dominic, is Ireland's lightweight rowing coach.
