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 | (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 (age 54) Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, Medley | |||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke | |
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