Jack Ireland

Jack Ireland (born 26 August 1999) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability. He won medals at the 2022 and 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. He competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where he won a silver and bronze medal.

Personal He was born 26 August 1999.

Swimming career Ireland started swimming at Floraville Public School in Newcastle, New South Wales. He is classified as a S14 swimmer. At the age of thirteen, he moved to Gladstone QLD with his family and joined Gladstone Gladiators Swim Club. In 2016, he relocated to the Brisbane suburb of St Lucia, to be coached by David Heyden at the University of Queensland Swim Club.

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, he won a silver medal in the Mixed freestyle relay S14 and finished fourth Men's 200 m Freestyle S14 .

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle S14. At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England, he won a silver and a bronze medal in S14 relay events.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 200 m freestyle S14 and silver medal in the Mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle S14.

He is coached by David Heyden at the University of Queensland Swim Club.

Recognition 2016/17 - Swimmer with Disability of the Year by Brisbane Swimming in Queensland, Australia. 2016 - Gladstone Regional Council Australia Day Junior Athlete of the Year.