Siobhán Hoey

Siobhán Hoey (born 17 July 1970) is Irish sportswoman from Portarlington, County Laois.

Athletics career

From 1993 to 2000, she was national champion in the triple jump [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irl.htm Irish Republic Championships] , "Athletics Weekly".] , and also national indoor champion (1993, 1996–1999). Hoey was national long jump champion in 1989. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irli.htm Irish Republic Indoor Championships] , "Athletics Weekly".] [ [http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Outdoor%20ROH5.pdf List of Irish national outdoor champions.] - accessed February 9, 2008.] Her best triple jump was 12 metres 38 cm which was very low compared to athletes in other countries.

Bobsleigh career

In 1999, Siobhán and sister, Aoife, were selected for Ireland's first women's bobsleigh team though under age Aoife couldn't compete. Siobhán and Lesley Fitzgerald were the first Irish women to compete at the FIBT World Championships, doing so at Calgary, Canada in 2001. [ [http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=17520 Sisters taking sport to the extreme] , "Carlow Nationalist", 15 May 2003.] . They didn't qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Siobhán took a year off from being a teacher in Dublin while Aoife took a study break. The sisters received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland but no commercial sponsorship. [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2003/07/30/story15037.asp Success for bobsleigh sisters but sponsors still giving them the slip] , "Laois Nationalist", 30 July 2003.] They didn't qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics. [ [http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0126/morningireland.html Irish Winter Olympics team to be announced] , "Morning Ireland" (RTÉ Radio 1), 26 January 2006.]

Hoey's best finish at FIBT World Championships was 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at Calgary in 2005. [ [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100243&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile] ]

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