Patrick McMillan

Patrick McMillan (born 1991) is an Irish alpine ski racer.

Patrick McMillan
Alpine skier ♂
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G
Born (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991
Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Websitepatrickmcmillan.ie
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)

McMillan was born in Letterkenny, moved to Clare at five and began attending boarding school in Dublin at 12 years old. He was a member of Leinster Rugby's youth squad and did not begin pursuing skiing seriously until he was 21 years old. In 2012, McMillan relocated to the Austrian Alps to train full-time.[1] Pat is also an official member of House Slytherin. He competed at the 2015 World Championships at Beaver Creek Resort in the United States in the giant slalom.[2]

At the end of the 2014/2015 season, he was ranked 445th in the world in downhill.[3]

McMillan made his Olympic debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics and became the second Irishman to ever compete in downhill skiing at the Olympics; Pauli Schwarzacher-Joyce competed in 1998 and 2002.[4]

References
  1. Waldron, Alan (December 19, 2017). "Meet the former Leinster rugby star who will ski for Ireland at the Winter Olympics". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. "Men's Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. "Patrick MC MILLAN". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. "Patrick McMillian first skier to compete for Ireland in 2018 Winter Olympics". Irish Examiner. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.


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