Mark Rohan

Mark Rohan (born 26 July 1981) is an Irish cyclist, and a former Gaelic football and wheelchair basketball player. He competes in the H1 disability sport classification as he has been paralysed from the chest down since a spinal cord injury in 2001. Rohan won two gold medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Mark Rohan
Personal information
NicknameRed[1]
Born (1981-07-26) 26 July 1981[2]
Ballinahown, County Westmeath
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
DisciplineRoad handcycle
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist/all-rounder

He won a gold medal in the Men's road time trial H1 event and in the Men's road race H1 event.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Mark Rohan". Paracycling Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Rohan looks to follow poster girls' route to gold". Irish Independent. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  4. "Mark Rohan wins gold for Ireland at the Paralympics". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. "Mark Rohan secures yet another gold medal for Ireland". Score. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  6. "Paralympics 2012: Mark Rohan clinches another Irish gold". Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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