Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy

IRISH CYCLING

MULTI MEDALIST INCLUDING TOKYO 2020 GOLD & SILVER

Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy have been amongst the most successful Para Athletes ever to represent Ireland having medalled consistently at World and Paralympic Games since 2014.

Eve McCrystal is the pilot to Katie and is one of Ireland’s best cyclists having won multiple individual titles including National Time Trial Holder in 2020. Eve is mother to two young daughters; she put her career in An Garda Siochana on hold, stalled her social life, and dedicated herself entirely to cycling over the past couple of years.

Katie-George is based in Crawley, West Sussex and has a background in rowing. She was diagnosed with a genetic, progressive eye condition RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa) at the age of 11 but hasn’t let that stop her achieving. Katie-George represents Ireland, as her father is a native from Mountcharles, in Donegal.

The pair have been dominant in tandem Para Cycling with their greatest success coming at the Tokyo Paralympic Games as the pair claimed Paralympic medals in both the Individual Pursuit (Gold), Road Race (Gold) and the 1000 Track Event (Silver).

In the Rio Paralympics Games in 2016, they were Gold and Silver medallists in the Time Trial B Event and the Road Race Respectively.

Honours:

  • Tokyo 2020 Gold Women’s Road Race
  • Tokyo 2020 Gold Women’s B Time Trial
  • Tokyo 2020 Silver 3k Pursuit
  • Rio 2016 Gold Time Trial
  • Rio 2016 Silver Women’s Road Race B
  • 2021 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Tandem Time Trial Silver Medal
  • 2021 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Road Race Silver Medal
  • 2020 UCI Para Cycling Track World Champs Tandem Pursuit Silver Medal
  • 2019 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Time Trial Gold Medal
  • 2019 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Road Race Gold Medal
  • 2018 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Time Trial Gold Medal
  • 2018 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Road Race Gold Medal
  • 2018 UCI Para Cycling Track World Champs 3km Pursuit Bronze Medal
  • 2017 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Time Trial (B) Gold Medal
  • 2017 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Road Race (B) Gold Medal
  • 2015 UCI Para Cycling Track World Champs 3km Pursuit (B) Bronze Medal
  • 2014 UCI Para Cycling Road World Champs Road Race (B) Silver Medal
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EVE MCCRYSTAL AND KATIE-GEORGE DUNLEVY

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Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal take Team Award at RTÉ Sport Awards 2021
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal are RTE Sports team of the year for 2021, an incredible achievement. They were presented with their award at the ceremony in RTE on Saturday night. Dunlevy, whose father is a native of Mountcharles, took the award with her tandem partner after their double gold and silver medal performances at the Tokyo Paralympics.

The two Irish cyclists were up against serious opposition last night, including the Galway Camogie team, Leinster Rugby, the Limerick Hurlers, Meath Ladies Footballers, Olympic rowing gold medal winners Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, Shamrock Rovers, the Tyrone Footballers and the women’s four rowers, who won bronze at the Olympics. They were present for the awards on Saturday night and Dunlevy was shocked by the award.

“I can’t believe we’ve won this, we’re blown away,” said Dunlevy on accepting the award last night. “It’s been an incredible year and this actually just tops it. It’s a really special moment, I can’t believe we’ve won it.

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Long road to gold glory for Paralympic cyclist Eve McCrystal
Irish gold medallist Eve McCrystal had sacrificed a lot by the time she and Paralympic cycling partner Katie-George Dunlevy zipped past the finish line in Tokyo just before 7am Irish time on Tuesday. She had put her career in An Garda Síochána on hold, stalled her social life, dedicated herself entirely to riding. On the day of Paralympic glory, her brother Bryan noted, her two young daughters were returning to school 9,500km away from the podium. “I’m delighted they got the gold medal after all the hard work they put in to get there,” he said. “It’s the target they set themselves… reaching it is so fulfilling.”
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‘Never in my wildest dreams!’ – Double Paralympic gold for Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy
Irish duo Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy have landed a second gold medal at the Paralympic games after beating their rivals in the B road race. McCrystal and Dunlevy beat Sweden’s Louise Jannering and Anna Svaerdstroem and the British pair of Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl to take home gold at the Fuji International Speedway. It had already been a very successful games for the Irish pair, with McCrystal and Dunlevy claiming gold in the B time trial and silver in the B individual pursuit. Previously, they won gold in the B time trial at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal secure another cycling gold medal at Paralympic Games
Irish duo Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal secured a gold medal at the Fuji International Speedway this morning, adding to their stunning haul in Tokyo. The tandem duo posted a time of 2.35.53 in the women’s B road race to fend off a challenge from Sweden’s Louise Jannering and Anna Svaerdstroem and the British pair of Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl. Dunlevy and McCrystal claimed silver earlier in the Games in the B 3000m individual pursuit before taking gold in the women’s B time trial. On a rain-sodden track, the pair were in the lead pack from the midway point on.
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Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal are golden again in the Tokyo rain
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal had a dazzling end to their Paralympics campaign on Friday, winning the tandem road race and taking their third medal in one week. The duo unleashed a searing attack inside the final two kilometres to finish seven seconds clear of their British rivals Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl plus the Swedes Louise Jannering and Anna Svaerdstroem. The three tandems had been together in the final laps, with the British duo declining to add to the pacemaking as their teammates Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall were chasing behind after experiencing mechanical difficulties earlier in the race.
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Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy // Two Of Ireland’s Best Paralympians

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Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy // Inspirational journey from Ironmen to the Paralympics

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Eve McCrystal and Katie-George Dunlevy // Paralympians

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