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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (2005-01-29) 29 January 2005 (age 19) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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Oisín Joyce (born 29 January 2005) is an Irish javelin thrower. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.
Career
In June 2024, he set a new Irish U20 record of 73.42 metres for the javelin throw at the Bauhaus Jürgen Gala in Germany.
Competing at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the men's javelin throw he won bronze in Lima, Peru. In doing so, he set a new Irish U-20 record of 73.89 metres, and became the first Irish javelin thrower, and only the fifth Irish athlete, to win a medal at the world junior championships in history.
Personal life
He is from Ballinrobe in County Mayo and is a member of Lake District AC, a club his mother, Joyce, had helped start. He was also coached from the age of nine years-old by his father Pádraic, who has no throwing background, as well as Andreas Thorkildsen, Irish record holder Terry McHugh and British coach David Parker.
References
- "Oisín Joyce". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Rischke, David (25 June 2024). "Oisín Joyce from Ballinrobe breaks Irish javelin record". Mayo News. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- "Kesidis claims historic hammer gold for Cyprus on day three in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- "Oisín Joyce clinches historic World U20 Championship javelin medal in Peru". rte.ie. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Dennehy, Cathal (2 September 2024). "How Oisín Joyce's journey to javelin medal in Peru was launched on a rugby field in Mayo". Independent.ie. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- Rischke, David (30 August 2024). "Mayo javelin star Oisin Joyce wins historic bronze medal with new record". Mayo News. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Dennehy, Cathal (30 Aug 2024). "Oisín Joyce wins bronze in men's javelin at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Peru". Independent.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2024.