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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]

Gary O'Toole
Personal information
Full nameGary Charles O'Toole
NationalityIrish
Born (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 (age 54)
Ireland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, Medley
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing  Ireland
European Championships - Long Course
1989 Bonn 200 m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
1991 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke

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


  1. "Gary O'Toole". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. "Irish Records". Swim Ireland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008 via WayBack Machine.
  3. McCarthy, Justine (7 February 1998). "The Drowning of the Truth". Independent.ie.
  4. "Swim Ireland move to prevent early release". Independent.ie.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Mr Gary O'Toole". Beacon Hospital.
  6. RTÉ's Olympic TV coverage until 2012Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "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]



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