Niamh Coyne

Niamh Coyne
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubNational Centre (Dublin)[1]
CoachBen Higson[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Ireland
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m breaststroke

Niamh Coyne (born 22 June 2001) is an Irish swimmer.[2] She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[3][4]

In October 2021, Coyne was named to the Ireland roster for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1] In the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke on the fourth day of competition, Coyne ranked 18th with a 1:06.44 and did not qualify for the semifinals.[5] Coyne also finished fifth in prelims heat two of the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:23.03, placing fourteenth across all prelims heats.[6]

At the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, held in Greensboro, United States, Coyne won the b-final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:09.49.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2021 World and European Championship Teams Announced". Swim Ireland. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Niamh Coyne swims to a silver medal in Buenos Aires". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 50m Breaststroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's 50 metre breaststroke – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ FINA (19 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. ^ FINA (21 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. ^ USA Swimming (2 December 2022). "2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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