Fintan McCarthy
Fintan is from Skibbereen, County Cork, and started rowing in 2012. Fintan studied in UCC and is a member of Skibbereen Rowing Club.
Fintan’s highlights in rowing include winning his first national title in 2016; making the European Championship final in 2019 with his brother Jake;
In 2023, Fintan won gold in the Lightweight Men’s Double Scull at the World Rowing Championships and European Championships alongside Paul O’Donovan
In 2020, Fintan won the bronze medal in the Lightweight Men’s Single Scull at the European Rowing Championships in Poznan. In 2021, Fintan won a gold medal alongside Paul O’Donovan in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final at the Rowing World Cup II in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Fintan made history at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when he and Paul O’Donovan won Ireland’s first ever rowing gold medal winning the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final.
Fintan along with Paul O’Donovan qualified for another world final in Belgrade and in the process secured their place in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris where they went on to win a historic gold at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
Listen to Fintan on the Rowing Ireland Podcast- https://therowingirelandpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-rowing-ireland-podcast-episode-five/
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