OLYMPICS: Anyone from your town? Check out our list of Northern Ireland athletes in Paris with Team Ireland and Team GB

Meet the Northern Ireland athletes representing Team Ireland and Team GB:

Team Ireland selections:

ATHLETICS

Ciara Mageean (Portaferry); Rachel McCann (Bangor); Kate O'Connor (Newry)

Team Ireland swimmers, from left, Danielle Hill, Grace Davison and Victoria Catterson sharing a laugh ahead of Paris. (Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile)placeholder image
Team Ireland swimmers, from left, Danielle Hill, Grace Davison and Victoria Catterson sharing a laugh ahead of Paris. (Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile)

BOXING

Aidan Walsh (Belfast); Michaela Walsh (Belfast); Jude Gallagher (Newtownstewart)

EQUESTRIAN

Daniel Coyle (Ardmore); Susie Berry (Dromore); Abigail Lyle (Bangor)

GOLF

Rory McIlroy (Holywood); Stephanie Meadow (Jordanstown)

GYMNASTICS

Rhys McClenaghan (Newtownards)

HOCKEY

Sean Murray (Lisburn); Peter Brown (Banbridge); Kyle Marshall (Markethill); Johnny McKee (Newry); Peter McKibbin (Comber); Matthew Nelson (Lisburn); Michael Robson (Holywood)

ROWING

Philip Doyle (Banbridge); Ross Corrigan (Enniskillen); Nathan Timoney (Enniskillen)

RUGBY SEVENS

Zac Ward (Ballynahinch); Ashleigh Orchard (Castlewellan)

SWIMMING

Victoria Catterson (Belfast); Grace Davison (Bangor); Conor Ferguson (Larne); Danielle Hill (Larne); Daniel Wiffen (Magheralin)

Team GB selections:

ARCHERY

Conor Hall (Belfast)

ROWING

Hannah Scott (Coleraine); Rebecca Shorten (Belfast); Rebecca Edwards (Aughnacloy)

SWIMMING

Jack McMillan (Bangor)

RESERVES

Claire Boles (Team Ireland, Enniskillen, rugby sevens) Erin Creighton (Team Ireland, Belfast, cycling); Jonny Lynch (Team Ireland, Lisburn, hockey); Patrick Huston (Team GB, Belfast, archery).Also, Alice Sharpe (Team Ireland, cycling, born Germany) - her father, Steve, is from Bangor.David Ames (Team GB, hockey, born South Africa) – ex-Cookstown HCTim Cross (Team Ireland, hockey, born Australia) – ex-Annadale HCRachael Darragh (Team Ireland, badminton, born Republic of Ireland) – ex-NI Commonwealth Games​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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