Aoife Hoey

Aoife Hoey (born September 6, 1983 [cite web
title = Hoey, Aoife (IRL)
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url = http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100242&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events=
accessdate = 2008-02-09] ) is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2004. [cite web
title = Aoife Hoey
work = bobsleighsport.com
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accessdate = 2008-02-09] She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. [cite web
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publisher = Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
url = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=719&L=0
accessdate = 2008-02-09]

Bobsleigh career

Aoife and her older sister, Siobhán, received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland funding, 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.]

For the 2007-08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup. [ [http://www.fibt.com/fileadmin/Rules/Women_s_Bobsleigh_Quotas_2007-2008.pdf FIBT 2007-08 Women's bobsleigh quotas.] - accessed February 9, 2008.] She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at Igls on November 22, 2007 [ [http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=1174&L=0 November 22, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] - accessed February 10, 2008.] and 14th at Königssee on November 29, 2007. [ [http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&L=0&event=1187&L=0 November 29, 2007 two-woman bobsleigh European Cup results] - accessed February 10, 2008]

Athletics career

In 2005 she was Irish national outdoor champion in the triple jump jumping a wind assisted 11.73 metres. [ [http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Outdoor%20ROH5.pdf List of Irish national outdoor champions.] , p. 32. - accessed February 9, 2008.] She also works for the Athletics Association of Ireland as an administrative assistant. [ [http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=151 Athletics Association of Ireland Executive Committee] - accessed February 9, 2008.]

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