Tipperary man selected as National Paralympic Coach for Cycling Ireland

Jamie Blanchfield, a Clonmel native, is the National Paralympic Coach and Paralympic Programme Lead at Cycling Ireland.

Jamie is a member of the Panduit Carrick Wheelers cycling club.

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He is responsible for one of Ireland’s most successful High-Performance programs and led the Irish Paracycling Team to Gold Medal success at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

He was appointed the National Paracycling Coach in November 2022 and has been responsible for coaching athletes such as Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly, who won double Gold in the 2024 UCI Paracycling World Championships, Gold in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the WB Time Trial, and Silver in the WB Road Race.

This pairing, guided by Jamie, won the RTÉ Sports Awards Team of the Year in 2024.

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Blanchfield is a Science graduate of South East Technological University, where he also completed a Master’s in Sports and Exercise in 2024.

Applications for the programme are now open, and if you wish to put yourself forward, you can do so here.