Guiney elected to Olympic Board as Gallagher steps off!

Gymnastics Ireland Board member Roddy Guiney has been successfully elected to the Olympic Federation of Ireland Board for the LA 2028 cycle! This happened at the same time as GI Chief Exec Ciaran Gallagher stepped off the same Board having served the max term limit of 8 years covering the Tokyo & Paris cycles.

Speaking after the election Roddy said:

"I was honoured to be nominated by Gymnastics Ireland for the position.

My late dad was an Olympian and subsequently an Olympic historian.

He loved the Olympic movement and all it stands for. That made my election all the more special and indeed emotional.

It is a great honour for me personally and equally important it is wonderful that Gymnastics Ireland will continue to be represented given the huge success achieved by our own Rhys McClenaghan at Paris 2024, success that many other Irish gymnasts now want to emulate."

Ciaran Gallagher added:

‘’Super proud to be stepping off the OFI board after completing my maximum term. From a place of crisis in 2017 through to Ireland’s most successful Olympic games at Paris 2024 it has been an unreal experience with a lot of hard work and many learnings along the way.

It’s been a privilege to serve alongside my fellow Board members over this transformative period while under the top-class leadership of my friend & colleague Sarah Keane who is also stepping down as President at the same time. We both will of course continue to strive for the development of Olympic sport in Ireland through our day jobs at Swim Ireland and Gymnastics Ireland for the next generation of future Olympians in both our sports!

I’m also equally proud that Roddy Guiney successfully gained election to the new OFI board. As former Chief Executive/current Chair of Wilson Hartnell, former Chair of the Federation of Irish sport and current GI Board member I have no doubt he will bring his vast knowledge, experience and expertise to supporting the OFI on its next steps towards LA 2028.

Building on the great success of Rhys, plus all the other athletes in Paris, the future of Olympic sport in Ireland is bright!’’