Emily Hegarty
Hegarty at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998
Skibbereen, Ireland[1]
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoCoxless four

Emily Hegarty (born 3 August 1998) is an Irish rower.[2] She competed in the women's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.[3][4] At the same Olympics, her third cousin Paul O'Donovan also won a gold medal for rowing in the lightweight double sculls.[5][6] Along with her team-mates, she was named as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for July 2021.[7]

References

  1. "Rowing - HEGARTY Emily". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. "Emily Hegarty". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. "Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle their way to bronze". RTE Sport. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. "Skibbereen Olympic medallists Paul and Emily are related!". Southern Star. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. "Paul O'Donovan tells how Ireland's golden rowers celebrated their win". extra.ie. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. "Amy Hunter named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for October". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.


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