Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

Fantastic to have IWA's Pamela Kavanagh on the ground in Paris with the #Paralympics Ireland media team.

The excitement is building in Paris as Team Ireland set their sights on putting in the performance of their life. 💪 Team Ireland is made up of 35 athletes who will compete across 9 different sports. We are very proud to say that 9 of the 35 athletes are IWA members with many beginning their sporting careers within one of our IWA-Sport clubs. We will be bringing you regular updates from Paris as we support Paralympics Ireland on the ground but for now check out more about our connect with these Games on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eW2yBHgr #TeamIreland #Paris2024 #IWASport

The wait is almost over! The #Paralympic Games begin tomorrow 🔥 Last and certainly not least, we celebrate IWA-Sport Ambassador Mary Fitzgerald, who'll make her 2nd Paralympic appearance on Sept 7th. We are so excited to cheer you on😀 #Paris2024 #Paralympics #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r"

Are you all as excited as we are? The #Paralympic Games start in TWO days time! Returning to the Paralympic stage, Colin Judge will begin his quest for gold in the round of 32 of Table Tennis 🏓 We cannot wait ! #Paris2024 #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r

THREE. More. Days. The #Paralympic Games are so close! The mighty Britney Arendse returns to the Paralympic Games in the Up to 79kg Category of Para Powerlifting! Sending good luck from all in IWA😀 #Paris2024 #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r

Just FOUR days until the #Paralympic Games 🤩 It's been a special 12 months for Shauna Bocquet, who'll compete in 3 events in Paris Shauna Fun Facts She made her international debut last summer This will be her first Paralympic Games Her current 800m PB was set in July at Wanda Diamond League - 1:48:42 We are all rooting for you Shauna #Paris2024 #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r

FIVE days until the Paralympic Games begin! Today we celebrate IWA-Sport member, Tiarnán O'Donnell, another Paralympic Games debutant who'll partner Katie O'Brien in the Rowing PR2 Mixed Double Sculls. We can't wait to see you in action! #Paris2024 #Paralympics #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r

SIX days until the Paralympic Games! Today we shine the spotlight on Katie O'Brien, who'll be making her debut at the Games in the rowing PR2 Mixed Double Sculls We can't wait to cheer you on Katie🇮🇪 🇮🇪 #Paris2024 #Paralympics #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r"

ONE WEEK TIL THE PARALYMPIC GAMES! Our countdown continues with all eyes on Ellen Keane🏊 Paris will be Ellen's 5th games. She was Ireland's youngest ever athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games at Beijing in 2008, just 13 years old! Ellen is a gold medallist (Tokyo 2021) and bronze medallist (Rio 2016) in the SB8 100m Breaststroke We will all be rooting for you Ellen🇮🇪 🇮🇪 #Paris2024 #Paralymics #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r"

EIGHT days until the Paralympic Games. Next of our nine IWA-Sport members competing is IWA-Sport Ambassador, Kerrie Leonard! Be sure to support the decorated archer when she competes on August 29th for #TeamIreland #Paris2024 #Paralympics #Countdown https://lnkd.in/epbt-v7r"