Paul O'Donovan
Last year
2024
GOLDEN AGE
Paul O'Donovan wins RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year
Róisín Ní Riain, Willie Mullins, Katie-George Dunleavy, Linda Kelly and Michael Carruth were the other big winners.
Home Are The Heroes
At home with Skibbereen's Olympians - 'The best part is coming back here'
There was a huge turnout for the homecoming of Team Ireland’s rowers.
oar ya one
Fellow flight passenger gave Olympic champion rowers lift home to Cork from Dublin Airport
Pull Like A dog
'The whole town is out to support the lads' - Skibbereen erupts for local Olympic champions
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Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
O'Donovan and McCarthy ease their way to one of the great Irish sporting achievements
The lightweight rowing duo have become the first Irish Olympians to defend an Olympic title in 92 years.
FreeHall of Fame
O'Donovan and McCarthy ease their way to one of the great Irish sporting achievements
The lightweight rowing duo have become the first Irish Olympians to defend an Olympic title in 92 years.
Paris 2024
Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy take gold medal in men's lightweight double sculls final
The Skibbereen duo successfully defended their title to claim back-to-back golds.
Rowing
Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy crowned back-to-back Olympic rowing champions
Skibbereen duo deliver Ireland’s second Olympic gold of the Paris Games in style.
yerrah on the water
O'Donovan's underdog act fails to convince after another dominant show on the water
O’Donovan said he and Fintan McCarthy are hoping to ‘take a few big scalps’ at the Paris Olympics, despite the fact they are the biggest scalp of all.
All time
Going For Gold
'Confidence for me is a big thing. Sometimes there’s a question mark: ‘Oh well, it’s all just a fluke''
Pull Like A dog
Ireland's Olympic medalists dominate rowing heats at the European Championships in Munich
Golden Boy
'You don't think about being part of history' - inside the mind of Ireland's Olympic champion
smoke on the water
Olympic gold medallists O'Donovan and McCarthy to face each other in Irish Rowing Championships
Gold for Ireland'A tremendous achievement’: Ireland sends congratulations as Skibbereen pair take gold in Tokyo
All That Glitters
Paul O'Donovan: 'Really, there's a ceiling on how happy you can be, winning medals'
