Orla Comerford
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 14 September 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Stargardt's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Raheny Shamrock Athletics Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Orla Comerford (born 14 September 1997) is an Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at the international level.[1][2][3] She has Stargardt's disease, which is an inherited retinal disease. Its main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orla Comerford - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.[dead link ]
- ^ "Orla Comerford - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "From Leaving Cert points to Paralympics: teen sprint sensation living the athletics dream". the42.ie. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Orla Comerford". Paralympics. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Sahel, José-Alain; Marazova, Katia; Audo, Isabelle (February 2015). "Clinical Characteristics and Current Therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 5 (2): a017111. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a017111. ISSN 2157-1422. PMC 4315917. PMID 25324231.
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Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Athletes from County Dublin
- Paralympic athletes for Ireland
- Irish female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Ireland
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Irish people stubs