Ireland at the 2015 European Games explained

Games:	European Games
Games Link:	2015 European Games
Year:	2015
Noc:	IRL
Nocname:	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Competitors:	62
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Katie Taylor
Location:	Baku, Azerbaijan
Start Date:	12
End Date:	28 June 2015
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Rank:	25
Appearances:	auto

Ireland competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.

Boxer Brendan Irvine guaranteed Ireland its first ever European Games medal on 22 June by winning his quarterfinal in the men's 49 kg boxing event, thus ensuring at worst a bronze medal.

Medal summary

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Medals by sport
Sports				Total
Boxing	2	1	1	4
Badminton	0	0	2	2

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2015 European Games.

Ireland qualified two archers for the 2015 Games; as a result, Ireland was also eligible to field a team in the mixed pairs competition.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Darren Wallace	Men's individual	630	52	Pasqualucci L 2–6	52
Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham	Women's individual	596	57	Erdyniyeva L 0–6	57
Darren Wallace Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham	Mixed Team	1226	27	27

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2015 European Games.

Ireland qualified an entrant in each of the five events, including the top seeds in men's singles and mixed doubles, and the sixth seed in women's singles.

Athlete	Event	Group Stages				Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Athlete	Event	Match 1 Opposition Result	Match 2 Opposition Result	Match 3 Opposition Result	Pool Rank	Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Scott Evans	Men's singles	Charalambidis W 2–0 21–7, 21–9	Krausz W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 14–21, 21–13, 21–13	1 Q	Kisyov W 2–0 21–6, 21–13	Holst L 0–2 17–21, 14–21	colspan="3"
Chloe Magee	Women's singles	Tolmoff L 0–2 18–21, 17–21	Šefere W 2–0 21–9, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 11–21, 22–20, 21–12	3	colspan="5"
Joshua Magee Sam Magee	Men's doubles	Mogensen &<br>Boe L 0–2 21–17, 21–16	Â Silva &<br>R Silva W 2–0 21–13, 21–6	Florián &<br>Kopřiva W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	2 Q	Dierickx &<br>Golinski W 2–1 23–21, 19–21, 21–14	Ivanov &<br>Sozonov L 0–2 5–21, 9–21
Rachel Darragh Sara Boyle	Women's doubles	Lindholm &<br>Nyström L 0–2 15–21, 15–21	Baumann &<br>Fontaine L 0–2 19–21, 18–21	Bolotova &<br>Kosetskaya L 2–0 21–9, 21–9	4		colspan="4"
Chloe Magee Sam Magee	Mixed doubles	Bartušis &<br>Fomkinaitė W 2–0 21–8, 21–10	Cali &<br>Sadowski W 2–0 21–3, 21–2	Bitman &<br>Bášová W 2–1 21–11, 19–21, 21–14	1 Q		Pietryja &<br>Wojtkowska W 2–0 21–18, 21–12	Mittelheisser &<br>Fontaine L 0–2 15–21, 21–23

Basketball (3x3)

Ireland have qualified a women's team of four for the 3x3 Basketball competition because of results at the 2014 European 3x3 Championships.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2015 European Games. Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendan Irvine	49 kg		Banabakov W 3–0	Alizada W 2–1	Zamotayev W 3–0	Sagaluev L 2–1
Myles Casey	52 kg	Fihurenka W 3–0	Mamishzada L 0–3	colspan="4"
Kurt Walker	56 kg	Nazirov L 1–2	colspan="5"
Seán McComb	60 kg	Beliak W 3–0	Cosenza W 3–0	Yilmaz W 3–0	Selimov L 0–3
Dean Walsh	64 kg		Dadashev W 2–1	Sopa L 3–0	colspan="3"
Adam Nolan	69 kg	Beqiri W 3–0	Morelo W 3–0	Kelly L 1–2	colspan="3"
Michael O'Reilly	75 kg	Vrgoc W 3–0	Sabotic W 3–0	Venko W 3–0	Koptyakov W WO	Musalov W 3–0
Darren O'Neill	91 kg	Jinaru W 3–0	Sinkevics W 3–0	Manukian L 1–2	Did not advance
Dean Gardiner	+91 kg		Vianello W 3–0	Yoka L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ceire Smith	51 kg	Johansen W 3–0	Sagataeva L 1–2	colspan="3"
Michaela Walsh	54 kg	Saveleva L 0–3	colspan="4"
Katie Taylor	60 kg	Eliseeva W 3–0	Lundblad W 3–0	Alekseevna W 2–1	Mossely W 3–0

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis	Men's K2 1000 m	3:49.417	7	3:38.587	9	colspan="2"
Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis	Men's K2 200 m	35.048	7	colspan="4"
Tom Brennan	Men's K1 200 m	36.446	6	36.191	8	colspan="2"
Andrzej Jezierski	Men's C1 200 m	42.336	6	40.227	5	colspan="2"
Jennifer Egan	Women's K1 200 m	42.643	6	42.657	8	colspan="2"
Jennifer Egan	Women's K1 500 m	1:55.468	6	1:52.536	7

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ryan Mullen	Men's time trial	1:02:17.86	8
Ryan Mullen	Men's road race	DNF	–
Sean Downey		DNF	–
Eddie Dunbar		5:42:09	48
Jack Wilson		DNF	–
Conor Dunne		5:33:36	45
Caroline Ryan	Women's time trial	35:29.55	15
Caroline Ryan	Women's road race	DNF	–

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2015 European Games.

Ireland sent one diver to the games.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Natasha McManus	Women's 1 m springboard	319.70	19	colspan="2"
Natasha McManus	Women's 3 m springboard	358.20	10 Q	381.50	10

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games.

Artistic

Men's team – Kieran Behan, Rohan Sebastian, Daniel Fox
Women's team – Ellis O'Reilly, Tara Donnelly, Nicole Mawhinney

Shooting

Men's trap –

Ireland secured one quota in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2015 European Games.

Women's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Rachel Bethel)
Women's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Mona McSharry)
Women's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Danielle Hill)
Men's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Rory McEvoy)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free (Katie Baguley)

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games. Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015,Ireland secured one quota for the Games.

Triathlon

Ireland had three quota places in the Triathlon events. Aileen Reid gained the best result, 6th, in the women's race.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total time	Rank
Russell White	Men's triathlon	19:28	0:50	57:37	0:26	36:20	1:54:41	36
Aaron O'Brien	Men's triathlon	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Aileen Reid	Women's triathlon	20:46	0:47	1:06:19	0:29	35:37	2:03:58	6

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

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Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soslan Tuaev	74 kg		colspan=7
Alex Dolly	86 kg	L 4–0