Imogen Magner
{{Short description|Irish rower (born 1998)}}
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Imogen Magner (born 8 July 1998) is an Irish rower. She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
She was a junior tennis player and attended the Elite Tennis Academy in Spain. She was later based in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and started rowing in 2016.{{cite web|title=Imogen Magner|url= https://www.rowingireland.ie/imogen-magner/|website=Rowing Ireland|accessdate=26 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elystandard.co.uk/sport/22770678.ely-10is-academy-serves-ace-welcomes-upcoming-star-imogen/|website=Ely Standard|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= Ely 10is Academy serves an ace and welcomes upcoming star Imogen|date=8 February 2016}}
Career
Magner was initially part of the British rowing development programme but is eligible to compete for Ireland through her paternal grandfather. She made her first Irish appearance in 2023, winning the pair 'B' final at the European Rowing Championships in Bled, with Natalie Long.{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/team-ireland/2024/0620/1455786-imogen-magner/|website=RTE|title=Imogen Magner|date=20 June 2024 |accessdate=26 July 2024}}{{cite web|date=28 May 2023|accessdate=26 July 2024|url= https://rowreport.ie/sweet-win-in-b-final-for-magner-and-long/|title= Sweet Win in B Final for Magner and Long|website=rowreport.ie}}
In May 2024, she was part of the Irish women's coxless four that qualified for the Olympic Games at the Olympic Qualification Event in Lucerne.{{cite web|first=PJ|last=Browne|date=21 May 2024|title= Record seven Irish boats heading for Paris but Puspure misses out|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-41399695.html|website=Irish Examiner|accessdate=26 July 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/rowing/2024/0521/1450405-womens-four-olympic-bound-but-heartbreak-for-puspure/|website=RTE|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= Women's four Olympic-bound but heartbreak for Sanita Puspure at final qualifier|first=Eoin|last=Ryan|date=21 May 2024}} She was subsequently selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://afloat.ie/watersport/rowing/rowing-news/item/63619-record-irish-olympic-rowing-team-officially-selected-for-paris-2024|website=afloat.ie|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= Record Irish Olympic Rowing Team Officially Selected for Paris 2024|date=20 June 2024}}
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Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:Olympic rowers for Ireland
Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics