Orla Barry

Ireland

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

F57

Further personal information

Residence

Cork, IRL

Languages

English

Higher education

Business Management, Law - Waterford Institute of Technology: Ireland

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She took up athletics at age nine.

General interest

Most influential person in career

Her family. (paralympics.ie, 15 Sep 2016)

Awards and honours

In June 2013 she was named Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month in Ireland. (corkrunning.blogspot.com, 28 Aug 2013)

She received the Cork Evening Echo Ladies Sportstar Award for 2012. (leevale.org, 02 Feb 2013)

Impairment

She was born without the lower part of her legs. Both the limbs were amputated above the knee before her first birthday. (irishexaminer.com, 04 Sep 2012)

Other information

RETIREMENT
In January 2020 she announced her retirement from competitive Para athletics. "After 20 years, 15 years at elite level and nine major championship medals I have decided to call it a day on my Para athletics career. There were many highs and lows throughout with my coach of 17 years, Pat Furlong, and I have a lot of fond memories. I'm looking forward to exciting times ahead for me in the next chapter." (Facebook profile, 13 Jan 2020; rte.ie, 13 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a professional master of education qualification at Hibernia College in Dublin, Ireland. (wit.ie, 24 May 2018)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57		Final Round		4

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57/58		Final Round		5

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57/58		Final	2011-01-29	4

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57/58		Final Round	2012-09-04	3

IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Shot Put F55-57		Final 1	2013-07-21	7
Women's Discus Throw F57/58		Final 1	2013-07-27	2

IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57		Final 1	2015-10-27	3

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57		Final Round	2016-09-15	2

World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Discus Throw F57		Final 1	2017-07-15	2