Orla Comerford
Comerford at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 September 1997 Dublin, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Comerford won a bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint in the T13 classification at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.[6]
References
- ^ "Orla Comerford - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The 42 (3 September 2024). "Orla Comerford wins T13 100m bronze, Ireland's second Paralympic medal in five minutes". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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