Tarja Owens

Tarja Owens (from Delgany, County Wicklow, and later became the first female professional Irish cyclist.

Career Early career Owens comes from Delgany, near Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Her uncle, Peter Doyle, was an active international competitive cyclist. (one or two cyclists had earlier been offered posts but had remained amateur). She was coached by Martin Earley,

Later career Owens started a mountain bike touring business in northern Italy with her partner Niall Davis in 2010. They later opened biking.ie, a business operating mountain bike events at Ticknock in south Dublin and near Roundwood in Wicklow. They married in 2017, and have two children.

Owens qualified as an osteopath in 2012 and is owner and lead operator of Roundwood Osteopathy and Sports Clinic.

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