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'''Aoife Hoey''' (born September 6, 1983<ref>{{cite web
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'''Aoife Hoey''' (born 6 September 1983<ref>{{cite web
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| accessdate = 2008-02-09}}{{dead link|date=September 2024}}</ref>) is an Irish [[bobsled]]der who has competed since 2004.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Aoife Hoey
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| accessdate = 2008-02-09}}</ref> She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Calgary]].<ref>{{cite web
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}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the [[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Calgary]].<ref>{{cite web
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At {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}, she was the tallest woman at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/bobsleigh/8507487.stm | work=BBC News | title=Irish bobsleigh duo will compete | date=2010-02-10 | accessdate=2010-04-25}}</ref>
At {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}, she was the tallest woman at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/bobsleigh/8507487.stm | work=BBC News | title=Irish bobsleigh duo will compete | date=2010-02-10 | accessdate=2010-04-25}}</ref>


==Bobsleigh career==
==Bobsleigh career==
Aoife and her older sister [[Siobhán Hoey|Siobhán]], teamed up in the Winter of 2002 – Aoife as pilot and Siobhain on brake. They received partial funding from the [[Olympic Council of Ireland]] but no commercial sponsorship.<ref>[http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2003/07/30/story15037.asp Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145828/http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2003/07/30/story15037.asp |date=29 September 2007 }}, ''Laois Nationalist'', 30 July 2003.</ref> Following the worst possible start to the 2005–2006 Winter season (Serious injury) they narrowly missed out on qualification for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0126/morningireland.html Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010184042/http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0126/morningireland.html |date=10 October 2012 }}, ''[[Morning Ireland]]'' ([[RTÉ Radio 1]]), 26 January 2006.</ref> Teaming up with new recruit Jennifer Corcoran, for the 2007–08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup.<ref>[http://www.fibt.com/fileadmin/Rules/Women_s_Bobsleigh_Quotas_2007-2008.pdf FIBT 2007–08 Women's bobsleigh quotas.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913084234/http://www.fibt.com/fileadmin/Rules/Women_s_Bobsleigh_Quotas_2007-2008.pdf |date=13 September 2012 }} – accessed 9 February 2008.</ref> She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at [[Igls bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Igls]] on 22 November 2007 <ref>[http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=1174&L=0 22 November 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913084249/http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=1174&L=0 |date=13 September 2012 }} – accessed 10 February 2008.</ref> and 14th at [[Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Königssee]] on 29 November 2007.<ref>[http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=1187&L=0 29 November 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913084308/http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=1187&L=0 |date=13 September 2012 }} – accessed 10 February 2008</ref>
In 2000 Aoife was selected as part of the Irish women's bobsleigh Team however due to her young age she had to make do with dry land training with the team. A year later she took to the ice sliding with Lesley Fitzgerald(pilot)competing with older sister Siobhain for the number one Brake athlete position. Lesley and Aoife won medals in the America's Cup event in Calgary Canada.Aoife piloted the Irish team home to two further America's cup races in 2009 at Lake Placid New York.
Aoife and her older sister teamed up in the Winter of 2002. Aoife as pilot and Siobhain on brake.They [[Siobhán Hoey|Siobhán]], received partial funding from the [[Olympic Council of Ireland]]but no commercial sponsorship.<ref>[http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2003/07/30/story15037.asp Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip], ''Laois Nationalist'', 30 July 2003.</ref> Following the worst possible start to the 2005-2006 Winter season (Serious injury)they narrowly missed out on qualification for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0126/morningireland.html Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced], ''[[Morning Ireland]]'' ([[RTÉ Radio 1]]), 26 January 2006.</ref>
In Jan 2006 Siobhain retired.
Teaming up with new recruit Jennifer Corcoran.For the 2007-08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup.<ref>[http://www.fibt.com/fileadmin/Rules/Women_s_Bobsleigh_Quotas_2007-2008.pdf FIBT 2007-08 Women's bobsleigh quotas.] - accessed February 9, 2008.</ref> She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at [[Igls bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Igls]] on November 22, 2007 <ref>[http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=1174&L=0 November 22, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] - accessed February 10, 2008.</ref> and 14th at [[Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Königssee]] on November 29, 2007.<ref>[http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=1187&L=0 November 29, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] - accessed February 10, 2008</ref>. Funding did not allow for the athletes to complete the Winter sliding season. In 2008 Aoife and Brake athlete Jennifer stood on the rostrum at the World Junior Bobsleigh Championships in Igls Austria bringing home to Ireland the first major Championship medal in a Winter Sport event.


Following a difficult season 2009-2010 racing in European Cup and World Cup events with brake athlete Claire Bergin, Hoey qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver Canada.[[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics]][[Vancouver]].<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Media/?articleNewsGroup=&articleId=75410 Olympic.org 9 December 2009. "Fast track to Vancouver".] - accessed 20 December 2009.</ref> She was named flagbearer for the Irish team[[Ireland at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Irish team]] at the opening ceremony of those games.<ref>[http://www.olympicsport.ie/News.aspx?pageId=35&itemId=945 Irish Olympic Committee 9 February 2010 announcement of Aoife Hoey being named flagbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.] - accessed 11 February 2010. {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> . Older sister Siobhain was appointed to the honoured position of Chef de Mission for the Irish team at the games.
Following a difficult season 2009–2010 racing in European Cup and World Cup events with brake athlete [[Claire Bergin]], Hoey qualified for the [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]] in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Media/?articleNewsGroup=&articleId=75410 Olympic.org 9 December 2009. "Fast track to Vancouver".] – accessed 20 December 2009.</ref> She was named flagbearer for the [[Ireland at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Irish team]] at the opening ceremony of those games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympicsport.ie/News.aspx?pageId=35&itemId=945 |date=9 February 2010 |accessdate=11 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212065148/http://www.olympicsport.ie/News.aspx?pageId=35&itemId=945 |archivedate=2010-02-12 |title=Women's Bobsleigh Pilot selected as Ireland's flag bearer at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony}}</ref>


The bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin finished in 17th place at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2010/0225/ireland.html|title=Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics|date=2010-02-25|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=2010-02-25}}</ref>. Finishing ahead of team with all the advantages more established Winter sport nations could offer. Aoife's ice coach at the games was Horst Hornlein former Olympic Luge champion.
The bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin finished in 17th place at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2010/0225/ireland.html|title=Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics|date=2010-02-25|work=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=2010-02-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100227015219/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2010/0225/ireland.html| archivedate= 27 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> At a routine MRI scan at the Olympic village, three days before the competition, Hoey was diagnosed with [[endometriosis]] as well as three [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated discs]] in her back. She competed anyway, but announced her retirement from competitive sport shortly afterwards, to prevent further and potentially permanent spinal damage.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news|last1=Bray|first1=Allison|title=Olympian Aoife Hoey retires after diagnosis led to cripple threat|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/olympian-aoife-hoey-retires-after-diagnosis-led-to-cripple-threat-29971054.html|accessdate=18 February 2015|work=The Irish Independent|date=1 February 2014}}</ref>


==Athletics career==
==Athletics career==
In 2005 she was Irish national outdoor champion in the [[triple jump]] jumping a wind assisted 11.73 metres.<ref>[http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Outdoor%20ROH5.pdf List of Irish national outdoor champions.], p. 32. - accessed February 9, 2008.</ref> She also works for the [[Athletics Association of Ireland]] as an administrative assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=151|title=Committees and Organisational Structure|work=www.athleticsireland.ie|publisher=Athletics Association of Ireland|accessdate=February 9, 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080116082935/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=151|archivedate=January 2008}}</ref>
In 2005, she was Irish national outdoor champion in the [[triple jump]].<ref>[http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Outdoor%20ROH5.pdf List of Irish national outdoor champions.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720003446/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Outdoor%20ROH5.pdf |date=20 July 2011 }}, p.&nbsp;32. – accessed 9 February 2008.</ref> She also works for the [[Athletics Association of Ireland]] in the High Performance unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=151|title=Committees and Organisational Structure|work=www.athleticsireland.ie|publisher=Athletics Association of Ireland|accessdate=9 February 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116082935/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=151|archivedate=2008-01-16}}</ref>


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Aoife Hoey
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41)
Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland
Years active2002–2010
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm) (2010)
Sport
CountryRepublic of Ireland Ireland
SportBobsleigh
Former partnerClaire Bergin
Retired2010
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2010 Winter Olympics
Updated on 18 February 2015

Aoife Hoey (born 6 September 1983[1]) is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2004.[2] She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.[3] At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), she was the tallest woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[4]

Bobsleigh career

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Aoife and her older sister Siobhán, teamed up in the Winter of 2002 – Aoife as pilot and Siobhain on brake. They received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland but no commercial sponsorship.[5] Following the worst possible start to the 2005–2006 Winter season (Serious injury) they narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics.[6] Teaming up with new recruit Jennifer Corcoran, for the 2007–08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup.[7] She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at Igls on 22 November 2007 [8] and 14th at Königssee on 29 November 2007.[9]

Following a difficult season 2009–2010 racing in European Cup and World Cup events with brake athlete Claire Bergin, Hoey qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[10] She was named flagbearer for the Irish team at the opening ceremony of those games.[11]

The bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin finished in 17th place at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[12] At a routine MRI scan at the Olympic village, three days before the competition, Hoey was diagnosed with endometriosis as well as three herniated discs in her back. She competed anyway, but announced her retirement from competitive sport shortly afterwards, to prevent further and potentially permanent spinal damage.[13]

Athletics career

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In 2005, she was Irish national outdoor champion in the triple jump.[14] She also works for the Athletics Association of Ireland in the High Performance unit.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Hoey, Aoife (IRL)". sportresult.com. Retrieved 9 February 2008.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Aoife Hoey". bobsleighsport.com. Retrieved 9 February 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "World Championships Women's Bob Calgary". FIBT the international home of Bobsleigh and Skeleton sports. Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Irish bobsleigh duo will compete". BBC News. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Laois Nationalist, 30 July 2003.
  6. ^ Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1), 26 January 2006.
  7. ^ FIBT 2007–08 Women's bobsleigh quotas. Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 9 February 2008.
  8. ^ 22 November 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 10 February 2008.
  9. ^ 29 November 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 10 February 2008
  10. ^ Olympic.org 9 December 2009. "Fast track to Vancouver". – accessed 20 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Women's Bobsleigh Pilot selected as Ireland's flag bearer at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony". 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics". RTÉ Sport. 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  13. ^ Bray, Allison (1 February 2014). "Olympian Aoife Hoey retires after diagnosis led to cripple threat". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  14. ^ List of Irish national outdoor champions. Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, p. 32. – accessed 9 February 2008.
  15. ^ "Committees and Organisational Structure". www.athleticsireland.ie. Athletics Association of Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
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