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Paul O'Donovan (born 19 April 1994) is an Irish lightweight rower. He is a triple Olympic gold medallist in lightweight double sculls where he set a new world's best time for that event and is a five-time world champion in single and double sculls.
3 days ago · As three-time world champions and two-time European champions, McCarthy and O'Donovan have set a benchmark in rowing excellence. O'Donovan, with his Olympic silver from Rio 2016, gold from Tokyo 2020, and additional world titles, is now the first Irish Olympian to win medals at three consecutive Olympics.
3 days ago · Paul O'Donovan (left) became the first Irishman to win a medal at a third straight Olympics Games as he and Fintan McCarthy retained their rowing lightweight double sculls title in Paris
1 day ago · A day after Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won their second lightweight double sculls Olympic gold medal, Belgium’s Tim Brys finished fourth in the heavyweight men’s single sculls final.
4 days ago · Paul O'Donovan back to defend title at Paris 2024. The effort put into training every day perhaps indicates things aren't quite as whimsical as they sound. The pair spend so much time together their communication is almost telepathic, said O'Donovan in an interview with Rowing Ireland weeks before the Games began in France.
4 days ago · Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy rowed into the history books by retaining their Olympic title in the final of the men's lightweight double sculls at Paris 2024.
Paul is one of Ireland’s greatest athletes. He won the silver medal, alongside his brother Gary, at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and has since won four consecutive gold medals at the World Rowing Championships; in the Lightweight Single Scull in 2016 and 2017, and in 2018 and 2019 in the Lightweight Double with Gary (2018) and Fintan McCarthy (2019).
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