Irish 49er Olympic Sailor Ryan Seaton Retires
28th May 2021
Northern Ireland Olympic helm Ryan Seaton has retired from competition
Two-time Olympic sailor Ryan Seaton from Northern Ireland has announced his retirement after almost 30 years of competition.
Seaton, who is originally from Carrickfergus, represented Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 49er alongside Matt McGovern, finishing 14th. The pair then competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio finishing 10th.
In a third campaign for Tokyo, (sailing with Royal Cork s Seafra Guilfoyle) he was beaten for the single place by Dublin debutantes Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove.
Seaton began sailing when he was five, taking part in a £1 Saturday school at Carrickfergus Sailing Club. Just another five years later he was crowned Irish National Champion in the Mirror Dinghy and achieved 7th at the World Championships in South Africa.
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Young sailors awarded funding by Mary Peters Trust by Emma Blee 8 Jan 11:38 GMT
Five young sailors have been given a unique chance to boost their training and skills after they were awarded funding from the Mary Peters Trust.
Lauren McDowell from Dundonald, Dan McGaughey from Newtownards, Erin Mclwaine from Newcastle, Dan Palmer from Bangor and Tom Coulter from Ballymena, are the worthy recipients of the awards. They are among 70 young competitors from 20 sports to receive the funding.
Lady Mary, who won pentathlon gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, founded her Trust soon afterwards to aid the development of young, home grown, sporting talent, and in the intervening years has aided many thousands to achieve their sporting goals.