Ireland at the 2015 European Games

Ireland competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.[1]

Ireland at the 2015 European Games
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Baku, Azerbaijan 12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors	62 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Katie Taylor
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 6
European Games appearances (overview)
2015 2019

Boxer Brendan Irvine guaranteed Ireland its first ever European Games medal on 22 June by winning his quarterfinal in the men's 49 kg boxing event, thus ensuring at worst a bronze medal.

Medal summary

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Michael O'Reilly Boxing Men's 75 kg 27 June  Gold Katie Taylor Boxing Women's 60 kg 27 June  Silver Brendan Irvine Boxing Men's 49 kg 25 June  Bronze Seán McComb Boxing Men's 60 kg 26 June  Bronze Joshua Magee Sam Magee Badminton Men's doubles 26 June  Bronze Chloe Magee Sam Magee Badminton Mixed doubles 27 June Medals by sport Sports Total Boxing 2 1 1 4 Badminton 0 0 2 2 Archery Main article: Archery at the 2015 European Games Ireland qualified two archers for the 2015 Games; as a result, Ireland was also eligible to field a team in the mixed pairs competition. Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Score Seed Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Darren Wallace Men's individual 630 52 Pasqualucci L 2–6 Did not advance 52 Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham Women's individual 596 57 Erdyniyeva L 0–6 Did not advance 57 Darren Wallace Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham Mixed Team 1226 27 N/A Did not advance 27 Badminton Main article: Badminton at the 2015 European Games Ireland qualified an entrant in each of the five events, including the top seeds in men's singles and mixed doubles, and the sixth seed in women's singles. Athlete Event Group Stages Round of 16 Opposition Result Quarterfinals Opposition Result Semifinals Opposition Result Final Opposition Result Rank Match 1 Opposition Result Match 2 Opposition Result Match 3 Opposition Result Pool Rank Scott Evans Men's singles Charalambidis W 2–0 21–7, 21–9 Krausz W 2–0 21–16, 21–7 Tan W 2–1 14–21, 21–13, 21–13 1 Q Kisyov W 2–0 21–6, 21–13 Holst L 0–2 17–21, 14–21 Did not advance Chloe Magee Women's singles Tolmoff L 0–2 18–21, 17–21 Sefere W 2–0 21–9, 21–7 Tan W 2–1 11–21, 22–20, 21–12 3 Did not advance Josh Magee Sam Magee Men's doubles Mogensen & Boe L 0–2 21–17, 21–16 A Silva & R Silva W 2–0 21–13, 21–6 Florian & Kopriva W 2–0 21–16, 21–7 2 Q N/A Dierickx & Golinski W 2–1 23–21, 19–21, 21–14 Ivanov & Sozonov L 0–2 5–21, 9–21 Did not advance Rachel Darragh Sara Boyle Women's doubles Lindholm & Nystrom L 0–2 15–21, 15–21 Baumann & Fontaine L 0–2 19–21, 18–21 Bolotova & Kosetskaya L 2–0 21–9, 21–9 4 Did not advance Chloe Magee Sam Magee Mixed doubles Bartusis & Fomkinaite W 2–0 21–8, 21–10 Cali & Sadowski W 2–0 21–3, 21–2 Bitman & Basova W 2–1 21–11, 19–21, 21–14 1 Q Pietryja & Wojtkowska W 2–0 21–18, 21–12 Mittelheisser & Fontaine L 0–2 15–21, 21–23 Did not advance Basketball (3x3) Ireland have qualified a women's team of four for the 3x3 Basketball competition because of results at the 2014 European 3x3 Championships. Athlete Event Group Stages Round of 16 Opposition Result Quarterfinals Opposition Result Semifinals Opposition Result Final Opposition Result Rank Match 1 Opposition Result Match 2 Opposition Result Match 3 Opposition Result Pool Rank Ireland Niamh Dwyer Grainne Dwyer Suzanne Maguire Orla O'Reilly Women's 3x3 Slovenia L 10–14 Slovakia W 20–12 Spain L 11–21 3 Q Czech Republic W 17–13 Russia L 15–21 Did not advance 5 Boxing Main article: Boxing at the 2015 European Games Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events. Men Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Brendan Irvine 49 kg N/A Banabakov W 3–0 Alizada W 2–1 Zamotayev W 3–0 Sagaluev L 2–1 Myles Casey 52 kg Fihurenka W 3–0 Mamishzada L 0–3 Did not advance Kurt Walker 56 kg Nazirov L 1–2 Did not advance Seán McComb 60 kg Beliak W 3–0 Cosenza W 3–0 Yilmaz W 3–0 Selimov L 0–3 Did not advance Dean Walsh 64 kg N/A Dadashev W 2–1 Sopa L 3–0 Did not advance Adam Nolan 69 kg Beqiri W 3–0 Morelo W 3–0 Kelly L 1–2 Did not advance Michael O'Reilly 75 kg Vrgoc W 3–0 Sabotic W 3–0 Venko W 3–0 Koptyakov W WO Musalov W 3–0 Darren O'Neill 91 kg Jinaru W 3–0 Sinkevics W 3–0 Manukian L 1–2 Did not advance Dean Gardiner +91 kg N/A Vianello W 3–0 Yoka L 0–3 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Ceire Smith 51 kg Johansen W 3–0 Sagataeva L 1–2 Did not advance Michaela Walsh 54 kg Saveleva L 0–3 Did not advance Katie Taylor 60 kg Eliseeva W 3–0 Lundblad W 3–0 Alekseevna W 2–1 Mossely W 3–0 Canoeing Main article: Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis Men's K2 1000 m 3:49.417 7 3:38.587 9 Did not advance Men's K2 200 m 35.048 7 Did not advance Tom Brennan Men's K1 200 m 36.446 6 36.191 8 Did not advance Andrzej Jezierski Men's C1 200 m 42.336 6 40.227 5 Did not advance Jennifer Egan Women's K1 200 m 42.643 6 42.657 8 Did not advance Women's K1 500 m 1:55.468 6 1:52.536 7 Did not advance Cycling Main article: Cycling at the 2015 European Games Athlete Event Time Rank Ryan Mullen Men's time trial 1:02:17.86 8 Ryan Mullen Men's road race DNF – Sean Downey DNF – Eddie Dunbar 5:42:09 48 Jack Wilson DNF – Conor Dunne 5:33:36 45 Caroline Ryan Women's time trial 35:29.55 15 Women's road race DNF – Diving Main article: Diving at the 2015 European Games Ireland sent one diver to the games. Athlete Event Preliminaries Final Points Rank Points Rank Natasha McManus Women's 1 m springboard 319.70 19 Did not advance Women's 3 m springboard 358.20 10 Q 381.50 10 Gymnastics Main article: Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games Artistic Men's team – Kieran Behan, Rohan Sebastian, Daniel Fox Women's team – Ellis O'Reilly, Tara Donnelly, Nicole Mawhinney Judo Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Eoin Fleming 73 kg Vanlioglu L 000-100| Did not advance Karate Athlete Event Group phase Semifinal Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Karen Dolphin Women's Kata  Sanchez (ESP) L 5–0  Miskova (CZE) L 5–0  Scordo (FRA) L 5–0 4 Did not advance Shooting Men's trap – Ireland secured one quota in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014. Men Athlete Event Qualification Semi-final Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Derek Burnett Men's trap 120 10 Did not advance Swimming Main article: Swimming at the 2015 European Games Women's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Rachel Bethel) Women's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Mona McSharry) Women's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Danielle Hill) Men's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Rory McEvoy) Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free (Katie Baguley) Taekwondo Main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015,Ireland secured one quota for the Games. Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Chloe Aboud Women's −67 kg  Johansson (SWE) L 6–14 Did not advance =13 Triathlon Ireland had three quota places in the Triathlon events. Aileen Reid gained the best result, 6th, in the women's race. Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total time Rank Russell White Men's triathlon 19:28 0:50 57:37 0:26 36:20 1:54:41 36 Aaron O'Brien – – – – – DNF – Aileen Reid Women's triathlon 20:46 0:47 1:06:19 0:29 35:37 2:03:58 6 Wrestling Men's freestyle Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Soslan Tuaev 74 kg BYE DNC Alex Dolly 86 kg  Friev (ESP) L 4–0 Did not advance References Baku 2015 Participants Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine