Age: 21
Hometown: Portarlington, Laois
Club: NAC Swim Club
Disability: Hypochondroplasia (Short Stature)
Sport Class: S6, SB6, SM6
Nicole swimming career started with Portarlington Piranhas before moving to Laois Marlins in Portlaoise. She moved to train with Ireland’s top swimmers at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin in 2017.
She won a silver medal in the youth category of the British Internationals on her senior international debut in 2015 and went on to reach six finals and swim PBs in each at that year’s World Championships in Glasgow. She represented Ireland at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships where she swam in six finals, bringing home silver in both the 200m Individual Medley and the 100m Breaststroke as well as a bronze in the 50m Butterfly. She also set nine new PB times.
At her first Paralympic Games in 2016 Nicole impressively competed in five events qualifying for the final in every one. She succeeded in setting personal best times in six out of her ten races in Rio with her best placing; fifth in the 50m Butterfly.
In 2018 she won silver in 50m butterfly in the European Championships in Dublin. In 2019 she won bronze in 50m butterfly at the World Championships in London. In 2021 she won medals in all four of her events at the European Championships in Madeira; silver in 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke and bronze in 50m freestyle and 200m IM individual medley.
She won silver medal in the S6 50m butterfly final in Tokyo touching home in 36.30 seconds. It took a world record by her Chinese rival Yuyan Jiang to deny Turner the race win in their heat, and she finished second to the same woman in the final.
Nicole was a member of the team that represented Ireland at the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester. At the 2024 Para Swimming European Championships in Madeira she won four medals one gold, one silver and two bronze.
She is currently a student at Technical University Dublin (TUD).
Nicole was the flagbearer for Team Ireland at the Rio Paralympics closing ceremony. Paris was her third Paralympic Games. Following her brilliant performances in 2019, Nicole was nominated for both the RTÉ Sport Awards 2019 Sportsperson of the Year and was also named in the Young Sportspersons category. Nicole Turner,
Schedule:
Day 1- August 29th
S6 50m Free (heat) 10:03
S6 50m Free (final) 19:17
Day 6 – September 3rd
S6 50m Fly (heat) 09:12
S6 50m Fly (final) 17:07
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Paris Results:
Day 1- August 29th
S6 50m Free (heat): 35.35 (5th)
S6 50m Free (final): 35.65 (6th)
Day 6 – September 3rd
S6 50m Fly (heat): 38.10 (5th)
S6 50m Fly (final): 38.59 (6th)
