Kellie Harrington’s Gold Medal is ranked top as the biggest achievement for Team Ireland, followed by Daniel Wiffen’s Gold and Bronze Swimming medals and 3rd ranked was Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy’s Gold in Lightweight Men’s Sculls.
- For Non-Medal Winners, Rhasidat Adeleke becoming the first Irish athlete ever to make an Olympic final in a flat sprint event and the first Irishwoman ever to reach an Olympic sprint final in the 400m medal race was ranked Top.
- 83% of adults in Ireland are extremely proud of Team Ireland’s success at the Paris Olympics.
- Kellie Harrington has already made history in Paris by becoming the first Irish woman ever to win medals at two Olympic Games. 78% of all adults agree she was right to retire ‘on a high’ from boxing.
- Following the close of the 2024 Olympics, iReach ran a nationally representative survey to gauge reaction to Team Ireland’s success. The survey delivered responses from 1,000 adults carried out by iReach Insights between 11th and 14th of August.
- When asked how proud are you of Team Ireland’s haul of 4 Golds and 3 Bronze medals in the Paris 2024 Olympics, 83% said they were extremely proud of Team Ireland success.
- When asked should we send more competitors to the 2028 Olympics, 58% of all adults wanted more athletes, 38% wanted the same again only 4% wanted less members of Team Ireland.
iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights.
The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 21st February and 26th February and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.
Questions asked of adults nationwide:
Q1. Which of the following is the biggest achievement for Team Ireland Olympic Medal winners and finalists in 2024 ?
Q2. How proud are you in Team Ireland’s haul of 4 Golds and 3 Bronze medals so far in 2024?
Q3. Kellie Harrington already made history in Paris last Wednesday by becoming the first Irish woman ever to win medals at two Olympic Games. Do you agree she was right to retire ‘on a high’ from boxing ?
Q4. Team Ireland sent 134 competitors to the 2024 Olympics across 15 sports. For 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, do you think Government Funding should support more, the same or less athletes?
