Eve McCrystal

Eve McCrystal
Team information
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeTandem pilot
Amateur team
Garda Cycling Club
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Summer Paralympics
Women's para-cycling
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Time trial B
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Time trial B
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race B
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Ind. pursuit B
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Ind. pursuit B
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Time trial (B)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Road race (B)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Maniago Time trial (B)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Maniago Road race (B)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Emmen Time trial (B)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Greenville Road race (B)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Emmen Road race (B)
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Road race (B)
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Apeldoorn 3km pursuit (B)
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro 3km pursuit (B)

Evelyn McCrystal (born 28 July 1978) is a former Irish para-cyclist competing in tandem events for Ireland, as a sighted pilot firstly for blind cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy, and currently for Josephine Healion.[1]

Career

McCrystal won a gold medal at the time trial B and a silver in the road race at the 2016 Summer Paralympics together with Katie-George Dunlevy. McCrystal, along with Dunlevy, won Gold in the 108-kilometre (67-mile) road race at the 2019 Yorkshire Para-Cyclist International event with a time of 02:36:57.[2][3] In 2021 the pair won a silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual pursuit event.[4]

McCrystal has also taken two titles at the Irish National Cycling Championships – the road race in 2018 and the time trial in 2020.[5]

Personal life

McCrystal is a member of the Garda Síochána – the national police force in the Republic of Ireland – based in Ballybay, County Monaghan. She also does Ironman Triathlons in her spare time. She has two daughters.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Eve McCrystal, talks Motherhood and The Road to Rio - sportswomen.ie".
  2. ^ "Gold for Katie-George Dunlevy in Rio".
  3. ^ "Dunlevy and McCrystal dazzle in Rio".
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympicsfegrshettghrnnbe Day 4: Dunlevy and McCrystal claim silver for Ireland". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ Clerkin, Malachy (12 October 2020). "Eve McCrystal interview: 'the lockdown is the reason I won that medal'". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Eve McCrystal keeping her eyes on Paralympic goal".
  7. ^ "Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal hoping to find perfect harmony on the track".