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Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.[1]
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| Full name | Gary Charles O'Toole | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1968 Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, Medley | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn . He also won a gold medal at the World University Championships in 1991 when representing University College Dublin and UCD. He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Longcourse.[2]
As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association, O'Toole had been approached to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal.[3] Gibney, who coached O'Toole until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored, and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA, and the creation of Swim Ireland.[4]
Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in adult arthritis (both hip and knee) and knee sports injuries. He also has a keen interest in musculoskeletal cancer (bone and soft tissue tumours).[5] He continued to provide expert analysis for RTÉ Sport's Olympic swimming coverage.[6][7]
References
- "Gary O'Toole". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- "Irish Records". Swim Ireland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008 – via WayBack Machine.
- McCarthy, Justine (7 February 1998). "The Drowning of the Truth". Independent.ie.
- "Swim Ireland move to prevent early release". Independent.ie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Mr Gary O'Toole". Beacon Hospital.
- RTÉ's Olympic TV coverage until 2012Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "Darragh Maloney interviews Gary O'Toole (2012)". RTÉ Archives. 2012.
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Gary Charles O'Toole (Irlanda, 6 de agosto de 1968)[1] es un nadador retirado especializado en pruebas de estilo braza. Fue medalla de bronce en la prueba de 200 metros braza durante el Campeonato Europeo de Natación de 1989.[2]Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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