.jpg) Healion at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B | |||||||||||||||||
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Josephine Healion (born 21 September 1995) is a visually impaired Irish para-cyclist who competes in tandem road and track events. She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Healion made her international debut for Ireland at the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the road race B event, along with her pilot, Linda Kelly. Since 2023, Healion has been piloted by Eve McCrystal in international road competitions and Linda Kelly in international track competitions.
In September 2024, Healion represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in road cycling and finished in fourth place in the road race B and fifth place in the road time trial B. She also competed in track cycling and finished in fifth pace in the individual pursuit B and seventh place in the time trial B. Weeks later she competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the road race B event.
References
- ^ "Josephine Healion". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- Galvin, Kieran (29 August 2024). "Tullamore's Healion bids for Paralympics glory in Paris". Offaly Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- "Paris-bound Josephine Healion aiming to absorb it all on her learning curve". rte.ie. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- "Healion Signs Off Paralympic Debut With Fourth Place Road Race Finish". midlands103.com. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ""I Couldn't Have Done Anymore" - Offaly Paralympian Claims Top Five Finish". midlands103.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- "Ireland Win Gold and Bronze in Women's B Road Race". cyclingireland.ie. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- Stokes, Shane (25 September 2024). "Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold again at World Championships". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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