One of Irish sport’s most successful ever managers, Patsy McGonagle, has stepped down from his post as Irish Athletics Team Manager after 25 years – just check out his record!
Only Jack Charlton and Eddie O’Sullivan have overseen Irish teams more than McGonagle, whose career spanned four Olymic Games and six World Championships.
Patsy McGonagle’s record, Irish Athletics Team Manager, 1992-2017
4 x Olympic Games
Sydney 2000
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio 2016
6 x IAAF World Championships
Osaka 2007
Berlin 2009
Daegu 2011
Moscow 2013
Beijing 2015
London 2017
6 x European Championships
Munich 2002
Gothenburg 2006
Barcelona 2010
Helsinki 2012
Zurich 2014
Amsterdam 2016
3 x World Indoor Championships
Valencia 2008
Doha 2010
Istanbul 2012
5 x European Indoor Championships
Birmingham 2007
Torino 2009
Paris 2011
Gothenburg 2013
Belgrade 2017
5 x IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Limerick 1979
Belfast 1999
Dublin 2002
Brussels 2004
Edinburgh 2008
4 x European Cross Country Championships
Edinburgh 2003
Heringsdorf 2004
Tilburg 2005
Dublin 2009
3 x IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Saransk 2012
Taicaing 2014
Rome 2016
5 x European Race Walking Cup
Leamington 2007
Olhao 2011
Dudince 2013
Podebrady 2017
17 x European Team Championships / European Cup
Dublin 1994
Dublin 1997
Lahti 1999
Bydgoszcz 2000
Vaasa 2001
Tallinn 2002
Aarhus 2003
Banská Bystrica 2006
Vaasa 2007
Tallinn 2008
Leiria 2009
Budapest 2010
Izmir 2011
Dublin 2013
Tallinn 2014
Heraklion 2015
Vaasa 2017
2 x World Junior Championships
Seoul 1992
Lisbon 1994
1 x European Junior Championships
Nyíregyháza 1995
1 x European U23 Championships
Gothenburg 1999
3 x World University Games
Beijing 2001
Daegu 2003
Izmir 2005
1 x World University Cross Country Championships
Luton 1998
1 x World Military Cross Country Championships (CISM)
Curragh 1995
1 x Celtic Cup
Falkirk 2007
Managed Irish Teams on 4 continents:
Europe Asia Oceania Americas
Managed Irish Teams in 28 countries:
Australia Belgium Brazil China Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland
France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Korea
Netherlands Poland Portugal Qatar Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden
Switzerland Turkey
Medals won under Patsy McGonagle’s management:
2 x Olympic Medals
Silver – Sonia O’Sullivan
Bronze – Robert Heffernan
9 x World Championship Medals
Gold – Olive Loughnane
Gold – Robert Heffernan
Silver – Antoine Burke
Bronze – Team Ireland
Sonia O’Sullivan 7th, Ann Keenan-Buckley 10th, Rosemary Ryan 18th (19th), Maria McCambridge 50th (62nd), Valerie Vaughan 64th, Maureen Harrington 92nd
27 x European Championship Medals
Gold – David Gillick
2 x Silver Sonia O’Sullivan
2 x Silver Derval O’Rourke
2 x Silver – James Nolan
Silver – Mark English
Silver – Team Ireland
Sonia O’Sullivan 4th, Rosemary Ryan 13th, Ann Kennan Buckley 27th, Catherina McKiernan 34th, Marie Davenport 52nd
2 x Bronze – Derval O’Rourke
Bronze – Robert Heffernan
Bronze – Mark English
Bronze – Ciara Mageean
Bronze – Roisin McGettigan
Bronze – Mary Cullen
Bronze – Ciarán Ó Lionáird
Bronze – Fionnuala Britton
Bronze – Kate Veale
Bronze – Team Ireland
Alex Wright 6th, Robert Heffernan 13th, Cian McManamon 26th
11 x World University Games medals
Silver – Gareth Turnbull
Silver – Paul Hession
Silver – Paul Hession
Silver – Ailis McSweeney
Bronze – Jolene Byrne
Bronze – Derval O’Rourke
Bronze – Team Ireland
Derval O’Rourke, Anna Boyle, Ailis McSweeney, Emily Maher
Selected to manage Irish Athletics Teams on a record 68 occasions
Debut:
IAAF World Junior Championships Seoul, Korea, September 16, 1992
Final Appearance:
IAAF World Championships London August 14, 2017
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