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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>
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>


Hoey qualified for [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[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 [[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 annoucement of Aoife Hoey being named flagbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.] - accessed 11 February 2010. {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Hoey qualified for [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[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 [[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>


The bobsleigh team 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>
The bobsleigh team 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>

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Aoife Hoey (born September 6, 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

Aoife and her older sister, Siobhán, received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland funding, but no commercial sponsorship.[5] They did not qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics.[6]

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 November 22, 2007 [8] and 14th at Königssee on November 29, 2007.[9]

Hoey qualified for Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[10] She was named flagbearer for the Irish team at the opening ceremony of those games.[11]

The bobsleigh team finished in 17th place at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[12]

Athletics career

In 2005 she was Irish national outdoor champion in the triple jump jumping a wind assisted 11.73 metres.[13] She also works for the Athletics Association of Ireland as an administrative assistant.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Hoey, Aoife (IRL)". sportresult.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  2. ^ "Aoife Hoey". bobsleighsport.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  3. ^ "World Championships Women's Bob Calgary". FIBT the international home of Bobsleigh and Skeleton sports. Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  4. ^ "Irish bobsleigh duo will compete". BBC News. 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  5. ^ Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip, Laois Nationalist, 30 July 2003.
  6. ^ Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced, Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1), 26 January 2006.
  7. ^ FIBT 2007-08 Women's bobsleigh quotas. - accessed February 9, 2008.
  8. ^ November 22, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results - accessed February 10, 2008.
  9. ^ November 29, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results - accessed February 10, 2008
  10. ^ Olympic.org 9 December 2009. "Fast track to Vancouver". - accessed 20 December 2009.
  11. ^ Irish Olympic Committee 9 February 2010 announcement of Aoife Hoey being named flagbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 11 February 2010. [dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics". RTE Sport. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  13. ^ List of Irish national outdoor champions., p. 32. - accessed February 9, 2008.
  14. ^ "Committees and Organisational Structure". www.athleticsireland.ie. Athletics Association of Ireland. Archived from the original on January 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)

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