Age: 42

Hometown: Portstewart, Co. Derry

Club: Triangle Triathlon Club

Eimear Nicholls will compete with Judith MacCombe as her sighted guide. Paris will be her first Paralympic Games.

An acomplished sportswoman, she began her professional triathlon career in 2011 . In 2012, she won Ironman UK in Bolton and the Ironman 70.3 in Somerset. She became the first Irish winner on Ironman and is the current Irish Ironman record holder with a time of 8.56.51 (Ironman Barcelona 2015). In 2013, she suspended her teaching career to devote herself fully to her sporting career and joined the TBB team where she was coached by Bella Bayliss and Brett Sutton.

She was named Irish triathlete of the year in 2014 following a sensational year which saw her claim victories at Challenge Rimini, Ironman UK 70.3, Embrunman, Ironman Mallorca and Challenge Sardinia, along with a host of other podium placings. In the same year Mullan was also a member of the Northern Irish team at the Commonwealth Games Mixed Team Relay where she helped Team NI to a sixth place finish.

After a long injury break Eimear returned to racing in November’s 2017 with a victory at Ironman 70.3 Xiamen in China.

Schedule:

Day 5 – September 2nd

Triathlon PTV13 Final 7:15 – 11:20

Instagram: eimeartri