Jamie Blanchfield
Jamie Blanchfield is the National Paralympic Coach and Paralympic Programme Lead at Cycling Ireland.
He is responsible for one of Ireland’s most successful High-Performance programs and led the Irish Paracycling Team to Gold Medal success at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
He was appointed the National Paracycling Coach in November 2022 and has been responsible for coaching athletes such as Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly, who won double Gold in the 2024 UCI Paracycling World Championships, Gold in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the WB Time Trial, and Silver in the WB Road Race.
This pairing, guided by Jamie, won the RTÉ Sports Awards Team of the Year in 2024.
Blanchfield is a Science graduate of South East Technological University, where he also completed a Master’s in Sports and Exercise in 2024.
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Nominations for 2025
So, who do you work with that has shone over the past twelve months and deserves recognition as they rise through their career?
It could be someone you work alongside or someone in another area you have admired or been impressed by.
Now is your chance to do something special for them.
Criteria
The criteria for submission are that the person should be working within the sports industry or in a sponsorship or agency capacity that brings sport to life and that they should have been born in or after 1995.
You are invited to submit names and a summary of why an individual should be recognised below.
From the start, our ambition has been to create a network of people making a real difference within our industry.
Who should we be looking to for the next wave of excellence?
We will be naming one new 30 Under 30 individual in our Sport for Business Morning Bulletin from Thursday, March 20th, 2025
In May, we will gather once more in the offices of PwC to meet in person, share experiences, and forge valuable connections.
We will also examine additional ways to help those nominated enhance their careers and build strong friendships across the sector.
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