Ireland at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Ireland participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, Italy. The 1960 Paralympics, now considered to have been the first Paralympic Games, were initially known as the ninth Stoke Mandeville Games, Games for athletes with disabilities founded in Great Britain in 1948."Britain's golden pioneer", BBC, September 13, 2004

Ireland were one of 23 nations to enter athletes and the team of five athletes finished 12th in the medals table, winning two gold medals. Both of Ireland's gold medals were won by Joan Horan. Horan won her medals in two different sports, one in women's St. Nicholas Round open archery and one in the women's 25 m Crawl complete class 2 swimming event.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Joan Horan Archery Women's St. Nicholas round open Joan Horan Swimming Women's 25 m crawl complete class 2

See also

Ireland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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