Gary O'Toole
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Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish
Olympic swimmer
. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.
While studying at University College Dublin
, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn
. He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Longcourse.
As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association
, O'Toole had been approaced to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal. Gibney, who coached O'Toole up until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored, and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA, and the creation of Swim Ireland
.
Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in 'Cancer' and 'Sports Knee Surgery', although he does provide analysis for RTÉ Sport
's Olympic swimming coverage.
He is married, to Sorcha and has twin daughters born 2007- Libby and Robyn and lives in Donnybrook, in Dublin.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Olympic swimmer
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.
While studying at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn
European LC Championships 1989
The 1989 European Aquatics Championships were held from 15 August to 20 August 1989 in Bonn, West Germany.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Synchronized swimming:-Water polo:-External links:*...
. He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Longcourse.
As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association
Irish Amateur Swimming Association
The Irish Amateur Swimming Association , was the former national governing body of swimming in Ireland. IASA was dissolved following revelations that a number of its senior member has raped and sexually abused underage swimmers...
, O'Toole had been approaced to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal. Gibney, who coached O'Toole up until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored, and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA, and the creation of Swim Ireland
Swim Ireland
Swim Ireland is the national governing body of swimming and associated aquatic disciplines in Ireland, including Northern Ireland. It is affiliated with both LEN and FINA.- History :...
.
Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in 'Cancer' and 'Sports Knee Surgery', although he does provide analysis for RTÉ Sport
RTÉ Sport
RTÉ Sport is a cross platform, integrated business division of Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann, responsible for the provision of sport coverage on RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television, and RTÉ.ie....
's Olympic swimming coverage.
He is married, to Sorcha and has twin daughters born 2007- Libby and Robyn and lives in Donnybrook, in Dublin.