Fiona Murtagh (rower)

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Fiona Murtagh
Murtagh at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 30)
Galway, Ireland[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportRowing
College teamFordham Rams
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Coxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Shanghai Single sculls
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Plovdiv Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2021 Varese Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Poznan Coxless four

Fiona Murtagh (F'YOH-na MUR-tah; born 11 July 1995) 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] Murtagh attended Fordham University from 2012 to 2016 on a rowing scholarship.[1][4] Along with her team-mates, she was named as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for July 2021.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fiona Murtagh". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Fiona Murtagh". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020. 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. ^ "Amy Hunter named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for October". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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