Name: Katie-George Dunlevy
County: Donegal
Sport: Cycling
Discipline: Tandem Time Trial, Tandem Pursuit and Tandem Road Race
Achievements:
Katie George Dunlevy is an Irish Paralympic cyclist, and former rower competing for Great Britain.
Katie George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal have arguably been the most successful duo to represent Ireland in history. They have represented Ireland at World and Paralympic Games since 2014 winning a remarkable array of medals. In 2022, in Germany Katie-George and new pilot Linda Kelly won 2 gold medals, before that in Belgium Katie-George and Eve won gold and silver both in World Cup events, in addition to multiple medals podium finishes at UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships, a gold and silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and two golds and a silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Always on hand to support the next generation, Katie-George supported the Youth Leadership programme by sharing her experience as a female leader in sport.