Daire Lynch
{{Short description|Irish rower (born 1998)}}
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| name = Daire Lynch
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| nationality = Irish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|19|df=y}};{{cite web|website=Olympics.ie|title=Daire Lynch|url= https://olympics.ie/athlete/daire-lynch/|accessdate=26 July 2024}}
| birth_place = Clonmel, Republic of Ireland
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| country = Ireland
| sport = Rowing
| event = Double sculls
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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IRL}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Double sculls}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Belgrade|Double sculls}}
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Daire Lynch ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɑːr|ə}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.rte.ie/video/id/7497/ |time=29{{thinspace}}s |title=Doyle and Lynch win bronze for Ireland in Belgrade |publisher=RTÉ |date=10 September 2010 }} born 19 June 1998) is an Irish rower. Competing With Philip Doyle in the double sculls, he won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Rowing Championships, and the 2024 Olympics.
Career
From Clonmel, in County Tipperary,{{cite web|url= https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/sport/1562274/tipperary-athletes-ready-to-take-their-place-among-the-elite-at-olympic-games.html|website=Tipperary Live|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= Tipperary athletes ready to take their place among the elite at Olympic Games|first=Eammon|last=Wynne|date=25 July 2024}} he attended Yale University between 2017 and 2022, studying economics. He won the Irish National Championship single sculls in 2021.{{cite web|title=Daire Lynch|website=RTE|date=22 July 2024|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/team-ireland/2024/0620/1455727-daire-lynch/|accessdate=26 July 2024}}
In September 2023, he won a bronze medal in the Heavyweight Double Sculls final at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. He won bronze alongside Phillip Doyle at the Rowing World Cup at Lago di Varese in Italy in April 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/sport/1475725/another-international-success-for-olympics-bound-tipperary-rower-daire-lynch.html|website=Tipperary Live|date=14 April 2024|title= Another international success for Olympics-bound Tipperary rower Daire Lynch|accessdate=26 July 2024}}
In June 2024, he won gold in the men's double sculls in the third World Cup regatta in Poznań alongside Phillip Doyle.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/articles/cerrprm49xlo|website=BBC Sport|first=Nigel|last=Ringland|date=16 June 2024|title= Doyle and Lynch take World Cup gold in double sculls|accessdate=26 July 2024}}
He qualified alongside Doyle for the double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://afloat.ie/watersport/rowing/rowing-news/item/64094-irish-rowers-start-olympic-journey-in-paris-this-saturday |website=afloat.ie|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= Irish Rowers Start Olympic Journey in Paris This Saturday|date=25 July 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://tippfm.com/sport/rowing/daire-lynch-says-theres-sense-relief-achieved-olympic-qualification/|website=tippfm|accessdate=26 July 2024|title=Daire Lynch says there's a sense of relief to have achieved Olympic qualification|first=Ronan|last=Quirke|date=25 September 2023}}
On 1 August he won a bronze medal alongside Phillip Doyle in the Men's double sculls final.{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/paris-2024/2024/0801/1462979-paris-2024-bronze-for-doyle-and-lynch-in-double-sculls/|title=Paris 2024: Bronze for Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch in double sculls|date=1 August 2024|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=1 August 2024}}
He teamed up with Ross Corrigan for the men’s pair at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.{{cite web|url= https://worldrowing.com/2025/05/27/2025-european-rowing-championships-crews-to-watch/|website=World Rowing|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= 2025 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS: CREWS TO WATCH|date=27 May 2025}}
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Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Ireland
Category:Olympic rowers for Ireland
Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Clonmel
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics