Mark Rohan (born 26 July 1981) is an Irish

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

, and a former

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

and

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (o ...

player. He competes in the H1

disability sport classification Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities. Historically, the process has been overseen by 2 groups: specific disability type sport organizations that cover mul ...

as he has been paralysed from the chest down since a spinal cord injury in 2001. Rohan won two gold medals in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. He won a gold medal in the Men's road time trial H1 event and in the Men's road race H1 event.

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Official SiteLondon 2012 ProfileInterview at Joe.ie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohan, Mark 1981 births Living people Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ireland Paralympic cyclists for Ireland Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cycling