Sam Lynch

{{Short description|Irish rower (born 1975)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

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{{MedalGold | 2001 Lucerne | LM1x }}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Seville | LM1x }}

{{MedalSilver | 2000 Zagreb | LM1x }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Milan | LM2x }}

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Sam Lynch (born 29 November 1975 in Limerick) is an Irish rower from St Michael's Rowing Club. He was a member of the Irish rowing team at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics.

Lynch is a doctor. His wife Sinead Jennings is also a doctor and a rower, who qualified for the 2016 Olympics. They have four children.

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{{cite news

| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sin%C3%A9ad-jennings-doctor-and-mother-of-three-takes-long-hard-row-to-rio-1.2452257

| title = Sinéad Jennings: Doctor and mother of three takes long hard row to Rio

| first = Ian

| last = O'Riordan

| newspaper = Irish Times

| date = 3 December 2015

| accessdate = 5 August 2016

}}

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:Irish male rowers

Category:Sportspeople from Limerick (city)

Category:Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic rowers for Ireland

Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Ireland

Category:People educated at Ardscoil Rís, Limerick

Category:21st-century Irish people

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