Rory is Eve McMahon's ILCA 6 Coach
Rory competed in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games in the Laser Radial which is now the ILCA 7 class.
Matt is the 49er Head Coach for Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove.
Matt competed alongside Ryan Seaton in the 49er class at the both the London and Rio Games.
Their career included Olympic race wins at London 2012, World Cup medals, European regatta wins and victory in the 2016 Princess Sofia Regatta in the Bay of Palma.
Vasilij is Finn Lynch's coach in the ILCA 7 Class.
He is a 3-time Olympic Medallist having won a bronze in Athens 2004, silver in Beijing 2008 & another silver in Rio 2016 making him the most successful Olympian in Slovenia in the Laser Radial Class (now ILCA 7).
Age: 28 World Ranking: 7th (2nd best rank in 2022) Olympic Ranking: 7th Hometown: Carlow Club: The National YC Coach: Vasijli Zgobar
After achieving the ranking of World No.2 in 2022 Finn went onto qualify Ireland in the ILCA 7 class for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the test event in Marseilles last summer. He is Carlow born but first learned to sail on Blessington Lake at the age of eight in Co. Wicklow. Both of his older brothers went through the Irish Sailing pathway and from an early age he wanted to follow in their footsteps.
He recently recieved a Bronze medal at the ILCA Europeans in Athens
Age: 20 World Ranking: 12th (best to date) Olympic Ranking: 12th Hometown: Howth, Dublin Club: Howth YC Coach: Rory Fitzpatrick
She is a two-time U21 World Champion in the ILCA 6 Class and is Team Ireland's representative for this class at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This will be her first Olympic Games after qualifying the country in Argentina at the Worlds earlier on this year.
Age: 26 Olympic Ranking: 27th Hometown: Howth, Dublin Club: Howth YC Coach: Matt McGovern
Robert is the Helm of a 49er that he sails with Seán Waddilove. The pair previously represented Ireland at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where they won two races. Rob learned to sail at an early age on the Shannon in an old wooden Optimist with his family.
The pair Qualified the boat for Paris at the 49er Europeans in November 2023 but only recieved the nomination for Paris after an intense 3-part 49er trial at the Europeans in La Grande Motte this year.
Age: 25 Olympic Ranking: 26th Hometown: Skerries, Dublin Club: Skerries SC Coach: Matt McGovern
Seán is the crew of a 49er he sails with Robert Dickson. The pair previously represented Ireland at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where they won two races. But their success as a pair started early when they became World U23 Champions in Marseille. Seán started sailing at the early age of 8 when his parents booked him onto a Taste of Sailing course in Skerries Sailing Club.