# Ireland at the 2015 European Games

Ireland competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.
Boxer Brendan Irvine guaranteed Ireland its first ever European Games medal on 22 June by winning his quarterfinal in the men's 49 kg boxing event, thus ensuring at worst a bronze medal.

## Medal summary

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Michael O'Reilly | Boxing | Men's 75 kg | 27 June |
| Gold | Katie Taylor | Boxing | Women's 60 kg | 27 June |
| Silver | Brendan Irvine | Boxing | Men's 49 kg | 25 June |
| Bronze | Seán McComb | Boxing | Men's 60 kg | 26 June |
| Bronze | Joshua Magee Sam Magee | Badminton | Men's doubles | 26 June |
| Bronze | Chloe Magee Sam Magee | Badminton | Mixed doubles | 27 June |
Medals by sport :
| Sports | | | | Total |
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Archery

Ireland qualified two archers for the 2015 Games; as a result, Ireland was also eligible to field a team in the mixed pairs competition.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Darren Wallace | Men's individual | 630 | 52 | Pasqualucci L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 52 |
| Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham | Women's individual | 596 | 57 | Erdyniyeva L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 57 |
| Darren Wallace Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham | Mixed Team | 1226 | 27 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 27 |

## Badminton

Ireland qualified an entrant in each of the five events, including the top seeds in men's singles and mixed doubles, and the sixth seed in women's singles.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stages | Group Stages | Group Stages | Group Stages | Round of 16 Opposition Result | Quarterfinals Opposition Result | Semifinals Opposition Result | Final Opposition Result | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Match 1 Opposition Result | Match 2 Opposition Result | Match 3 Opposition Result | Pool Rank | Round of 16 Opposition Result | Quarterfinals Opposition Result | Semifinals Opposition Result | Final Opposition Result | Rank |
| Scott Evans | Men's singles | Charalambidis W 2–0 21–7, 21–9 | Krausz W 2–0 21–16, 21–7 | Tan W 2–1 14–21, 21–13, 21–13 | 1 Q | Kisyov W 2–0 21–6, 21–13 | Holst L 0–2 17–21, 14–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chloe Magee | Women's singles | Tolmoff L 0–2 18–21, 17–21 | Šefere W 2–0 21–9, 21–7 | Tan W 2–1 11–21, 22–20, 21–12 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joshua Magee Sam Magee | Men's doubles | Mogensen & Boe L 0–2 21–17, 21–16 | Â Silva & R Silva W 2–0 21–13, 21–6 | Florián & Kopřiva W 2–0 21–16, 21–7 | 2 Q | — | Dierickx & Golinski W 2–1 23–21, 19–21, 21–14 | Ivanov & Sozonov L 0–2 5–21, 9–21 | Did not advance | |
| Rachel Darragh Sara Boyle | Women's doubles | Lindholm & Nyström L 0–2 15–21, 15–21 | Baumann & Fontaine L 0–2 19–21, 18–21 | Bolotova & Kosetskaya L 2–0 21–9, 21–9 | 4 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chloe Magee Sam Magee | Mixed doubles | Bartušis & Fomkinaitė W 2–0 21–8, 21–10 | Cali & Sadowski W 2–0 21–3, 21–2 | Bitman & Bášová W 2–1 21–11, 19–21, 21–14 | 1 Q | — | Pietryja & Wojtkowska W 2–0 21–18, 21–12 | Mittelheisser & Fontaine L 0–2 15–21, 21–23 | Did not advance | |

## Basketball (3x3)

Ireland have qualified a women's team of four for the 3x3 Basketball competition because of results at the 2014 European 3x3 Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stages | Group Stages | Group Stages | Group Stages | Round of 16 Opposition Result | Quarterfinals Opposition Result | Semifinals Opposition Result | Final Opposition Result | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Match 1 Opposition Result | Match 2 Opposition Result | Match 3 Opposition Result | Pool Rank | Round of 16 Opposition Result | Quarterfinals Opposition Result | Semifinals Opposition Result | Final Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ireland Niamh Dwyer Grainne Dwyer Suzanne Maguire Orla O'Reilly | Women's 3x3 | Slovenia L 10–14 | Slovakia W 20–12 | Spain L 11–21 | 3 Q | Czech Republic W 17–13 | Russia L 15–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Boxing

Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brendan Irvine | 49 kg | — | Banabakov W 3–0 | Alizada W 2–1 | Zamotayev W 3–0 | Sagaluev L 2–1 | |
| Myles Casey | 52 kg | Fihurenka W 3–0 | Mamishzada L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kurt Walker | 56 kg | Nazirov L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Seán McComb | 60 kg | Beliak W 3–0 | Cosenza W 3–0 | Yilmaz W 3–0 | Selimov L 0–3 | Did not advance | |
| Dean Walsh | 64 kg | — | Dadashev W 2–1 | Sopa L 3–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adam Nolan | 69 kg | Beqiri W 3–0 | Morelo W 3–0 | Kelly L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael O'Reilly | 75 kg | Vrgoc W 3–0 | Sabotic W 3–0 | Venko W 3–0 | Koptyakov W WO | Musalov W 3–0 | |
| Darren O'Neill | 91 kg | Jinaru W 3–0 | Sinkevics W 3–0 | Manukian L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dean Gardiner | +91 kg | — | Vianello W 3–0 | Yoka L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ceire Smith | 51 kg | Johansen W 3–0 | Sagataeva L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michaela Walsh | 54 kg | Saveleva L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katie Taylor | 60 kg | Eliseeva W 3–0 | Lundblad W 3–0 | Alekseevna W 2–1 | Mossely W 3–0 | |

## Canoeing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis | Men's K2 1000 m | 3:49.417 | 7 | 3:38.587 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis | Men's K2 200 m | 35.048 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tom Brennan | Men's K1 200 m | 36.446 | 6 | 36.191 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Jezierski | Men's C1 200 m | 42.336 | 6 | 40.227 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jennifer Egan | Women's K1 200 m | 42.643 | 6 | 42.657 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jennifer Egan | Women's K1 500 m | 1:55.468 | 6 | 1:52.536 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ryan Mullen | Men's time trial | 1:02:17.86 | 8 |
| Ryan Mullen | Men's road race | DNF | – |
| Sean Downey | Men's road race | DNF | – |
| Eddie Dunbar | Men's road race | 5:42:09 | 48 |
| Jack Wilson | Men's road race | DNF | – |
| Conor Dunne | Men's road race | 5:33:36 | 45 |
| Caroline Ryan | Women's time trial | 35:29.55 | 15 |
| Caroline Ryan | Women's road race | DNF | – |

## Diving

Ireland sent one diver to the games.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Natasha McManus | Women's 1 m springboard | 319.70 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natasha McManus | Women's 3 m springboard | 358.20 | 10 Q | 381.50 | 10 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

* Men's team – Kieran Behan, Rohan Sebastian, Daniel Fox
* Women's team – Ellis O'Reilly, Tara Donnelly, Nicole Mawhinney

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Eoin Fleming | 73 kg | Vanlıoğlu L 000-100| | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Karate

| Athlete | Event | Group phase | Group phase | Group phase | Group phase | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Karen Dolphin | Women's Kata | Sánchez (ESP) L 5–0 | Miskova (CZE) L 5–0 | Scordo (FRA) L 5–0 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

* Men's trap –
Ireland secured one quota in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Derek Burnett | Men's trap | 120 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

* Women's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Rachel Bethel)
* Women's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Mona McSharry)
* Women's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Danielle Hill)
* Men's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Rory McEvoy)
* Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free (Katie Baguley)

## Taekwondo

Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015,Ireland secured one quota for the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chloe Aboud | Women's −67 kg | Johansson (SWE) L 6–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =13 |

## Triathlon

Ireland had three quota places in the Triathlon events. Aileen Reid gained the best result, 6th, in the women's race.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total time | Rank |
| Russell White | Men's triathlon | 19:28 | 0:50 | 57:37 | 0:26 | 36:20 | 1:54:41 | 36 |
| Aaron O'Brien | Men's triathlon | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Aileen Reid | Women's triathlon | 20:46 | 0:47 | 1:06:19 | 0:29 | 35:37 | 2:03:58 | 6 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Soslan Tuaev | 74 kg | BYE | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| Alex Dolly | 86 kg | Friev (ESP) L 4–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |