Mark Rohan
{{short description|Irish cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|26|df=yes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.followyourstar.ie/athlete/mark-rohan/ |title=Mark Rohan | Follow Your Star |accessdate=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411035611/http://www.followyourstar.ie/athlete/mark-rohan/ |archivedate=11 April 2015}}
| birth_place = Ballinahown, County Westmeath
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| role = Rider
| ridertype = Time trialist/all-rounder
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
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{{MedalSport| Road bicycle racing }}
{{MedalGold| 2012 London|H1 time trial}}
{{MedalGold| 2012 London|H1 road race}}
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Mark Rohan (born 26 July 1981) is an Irish cyclist, and a former Gaelic football and wheelchair basketball player. He competes in the H1 disability sport classification as he has been paralysed from the chest down since a spinal cord injury in 2001. Rohan won two gold medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/rohan-looks-to-follow-poster-girls-route-to-gold-3220231.html |title=Rohan looks to follow poster girls' route to gold |date=5 September 2012 |work=Irish Independent |accessdate=5 September 2012}}
He won a gold medal in the Men's road time trial H1 event and in the Men's road race H1 event.{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/paralympics/2012/0905/336396-miller-11th-in-c5-individual-time-trial/ |title=Mark Rohan wins gold for Ireland at the Paralympics |date=5 September 2012 |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=5 September 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thescore.ie/mark-rohan-secures-yet-another-gold-medal-for-ireland-585701-Sep2012/ |title=Mark Rohan secures yet another gold medal for Ireland |date=5 September 2012 |work=Score |accessdate=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907082947/http://www.thescore.ie/mark-rohan-secures-yet-another-gold-medal-for-ireland-585701-Sep2012/ |archivedate=7 September 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19522271 |title=Paralympics 2012: Mark Rohan clinches another Irish gold |accessdate=7 September 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{IPC|mark-rohan}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120712232104/http://www.paralympics.ie/athlete/mark-rohan/ Mark Rohan] at Paralympics Ireland (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120911092428/http://markrohan.com/ Official Site] (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120906081116/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/rohan-mark-5505402/ London 2012 Profile] (archived)
- [http://www.joe.ie/london-2012/olympic-features/the-big-paralympics-interview-mark-rohan-0028084-1 Interview at Joe.ie]
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Category:Paralympic cyclists for Ireland
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Ireland
Category:Paralympic medalists in cycling