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; winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz with Paul O’Donovan; qualifying the Lightweight Men’s Double boat for the 2020 Olympics.
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.
Listen to Fintan on the Rowing Ireland Podcast- https://therowingirelandpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-rowing-ireland-podcast-episode-five/
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