Eoghan Clifford

Eoghan Clifford (born 26 August 1980) is an Irish Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C3 classification events. Clifford has represented Ireland at both road and track disciplines and is a multiple UCI Para-cycling World Champion, winning the C3 road race and the C3 time trial in Greenville in 2014, the scratch race at the track world championships in Apeldoorn in 2015 and the time trial event at Nottwil in 2015. He also won a bronze medal at the track world champions for the C3 pursuit in Apeldoorn in 2015 and Montichiari in 2016.

Eoghan Clifford
Ph.D.
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980[1]
Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland
Sport
Country Ireland
SportTrack and road cycling
Disability classC3
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Men's Para-cycling
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road time trial C3
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual pursuit C3
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 GreenvilleRoad race (C3)
Gold medal – first place2014 GreenvilleTime Trial (C3)
Gold medal – first place2015 NottwilTime trial (C3)
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 ApeldoornScratch Race (C3)
Bronze medal – third place2015 Apeldoorn3km pursuit (C3)
Bronze medal – third place2016 Montichiari3km pursuit (C3)
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2015 Yverdons Les BainsTime Trial (C3)
Gold medal – first place2015 ElzachTime Trial (C3)
Gold medal – first place2016 OstendeTime Trial (C3)
Gold medal – first place2017 OstendeTime Trial (C3)
Gold medal – first place2016 BilbaoRoad Race (C3)
Gold medal – first place2017 EmmenRoad Race(C3)
Silver medal – second place2016 OstendeRoad Race (C3)
Silver medal – second place2017 EmmenTime Trial(C3)
Bronze medal – third place2015 ElzachRoad Race (C3)
Bronze medal – third place2015 Yverdons Les BainsRoad Race (C3)

Early life

Clifford was born in 1980 in Dublin and grew up in Bruff, County Limerick. He attended both Primary and Secondary school in Bruff. He cycled back and forth to secondary school daily.[2] He moved to Galway, where he still lives, in 1998 to study at NUI Galway.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) in 2002.[2][3][4] While at NUI Galway he cultivated an interest in rowing, which he still enjoys.[2]

Clifford lives with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, but still races at a national level in able-bodied events.

Career

Dr Clifford has worked as a full-time lecturer at NUI Galway since 2010. He has an interest both in Transport Engineering and Water Waste Engineering.[2]

He first entered Ireland's para cycling squad in 2014. The following year he qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] He brought one gold and one bronze medal back with him.[3]

Personal life

He is married to Magdalena Hajdukiewicz.[2]

References
  1. "Eoghan Clifford". paralympics.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. "The Road to Rio: NUI Galway lecturer to represent Ireland in Rio Olympics 2016". Cois Coribe. Winter 2015. p. 31. Eoghan Clifford (Environmental Engineering '02) was diagnosed at an early age with progressive muscular dystrophy... A Limerick native, but living in Galway since 1998, Eoghan Clifford has a zest for life that seems rare these days. Working as a full-time lecturer at NUI Galway since 2010, Eoghan stays on his toes by doing research. He divides his time between Transport Engineering and Water Waste Engineering... Eoghan's love for his bike began at a young age, when he had to cycle to secondary school every day... " I had to cycle the 7km in and out of school every day, because of this I was fitter than most of the lads in the rugby club. When I went to college at NUI Galway, I took up rowing too, which I still like... I only got into the para cycling squad last year (2014). Denis Twomey, current president of Cycle Ireland, had approached me a few years back, but I was just too busy with work..." He and his wife Magdalena Hajdukiewicz are expecting their first baby in the autumn...
  3. "Long Road to Rio brings Gold back to Galway". Cois Coiribe. Autumn 2016. p. 13.
  4. "Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental)". Archived from the original on 29 November 2011.
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