Mary Fitzgerald tells us what the Paralympics is all about
At the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games 35 athletes will be competing for Ireland. Here, Mary Fitzgerald tells us about the games and how important it is to look at what people can do, instead of what they can't do.
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Name: Mary Fitzgerald
Event: Shot put F40
Age: 27
Mary has been ompeting as a para athlete since 2010, the Kilkenny woman made her international debut in 2014 and won three gold medals at the IWAS U23 World Junior Games in 2016.
Mary also competed at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and won bronze in February's European Para Athletics Championships. On her Paralympic debut in Tokyo, she finished sixth in her final
If you want to meet all the Irish Paralympians RTÉ Sport are here with profiles for all of them.
Paris 2024: Meet Ireland's 35-member Paralympic squad