Darragh McDonald

Darragh McDonald

Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 Gorey, Ireland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	University College Dublin
College team	University College Dublin
Coach	John Kealy & Earl McCarthy
Medal record Darragh McDonald Medal record Men’s swimming Representing Ireland Paralympic Games 2012 London 400 m freestyle – S6 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle – S6 IPC World Championships 2013 Montreal 400 m freestyle – S6 2015 Glasgow 400 m freestyle – S6 IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S6 2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle – S6 2011 Berlin 400 m freestyle – S6

Darragh McDonald (born 13 June 1994) is a retired Irish swimmer. He competed in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games winning a silver medal in the 400m Freestyle. He also competed in the 2012 London Paralympic Games finishing first in the 400m Freestyle. McDonald also held the title of world champion after winning the gold medal swim in the 2013 World Championships in Montreal.

Darragh retired in October of 2015 after considerable conflict with both Paralympics Ireland and The Irish Sports council on matters of biased athlete selection for competition and on his training and educational arrangements within University College Dublin.