Age: 29

Hometown: Ballymoe, Co. Galway

Club: Spin the Bean Powered by Coffee/Castlerea Cycling Club

Disability: Hemiplegia 

Sport Class: C3 

Richael played schoolgirl soccer for Ireland (U15 and U17) alongside current Irish captain Katie McCabe and gaelic for Roscommon until her football career was ended by an acquired brain injury. It was caused by treatment for a rare condition known as HHT (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia) which affects veins and arteries which left her with just 30 per cent power in her left leg.

She made her Irish debut in 2017 and won her first international medal at the Manchester Para-Cycling International in December 2019, winning silver in the Scratch race. She won bronze at the 2020 World Track Championships in the non-Paralympic Scratch Race event in 2020 and in 2021 came fourth (Road Race) and fifth (Time Trial) at the World Road Championships.

Her Paralympic debut was at the Tokyo Games.

Richael has a degree in sports science from Athlone IT. She runs her own business RT Fitness in Ballymoe which offers personal training, strength and conditioning and a recovery suite.

Schedule:

Day 1 – August 29th

Track: C1 – 3 3000m Women’s Individual Pursuit (qualifying and final) Q: 11:58 F: 15:29

Day 3 – August 31st

Track: C1 – 3 500m Time Trial (qualifying and final) Q: 09:00 F: 12:40

Day 7 – September 4th

Road: C1 – 3 Individual Time Trial 07:00 – 17:00

Day 10 – September 7th

Road: C1 – 3 Women’s Road Race 08:30 – 16:00

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