World Champion 2022 & 2021 Pommel Horse (Gymnastics)
Rhys McClenaghan is a two time World Champion (2023 & 2022). In 2023 he also became European Champion for the second time in his career and was named RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year.
In 2022 he won a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games and in 2021 he competed in his first Olympic Games reaching the final.
In 2019 he became the first Irish gymnast to make a World Final in 2019 and secured a brilliant bronze in the Pommel Horse. In 2018 he became the European & Commonwealth Champion.
He currently trains at Origin Gymnastics Centre in his hometown of Newtownards where he is coached by Luke Carson.