Sycerika mcmahon biography

Sycerika McMahon (born 11 April 1995) is a retired Irish swimmer from Portaferry, County Down.
At 17 years old, McMahon became the youngest Irish swimmer to ever medal in a major event when she brought home a bronze medal from the 2012 European.
Sycerika Marie McMahon is the daughter of Mary McMahon of Northern Ireland born on April 11, 1995 in Ireland has one older sibling: Kenneth Garvey intends.

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SWIMMING European Youth Olympic Festival

Sycerika McMahon of Leander Swimming Club has won her second medal, this time a Bronze at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Tampere, Finland, finishing 3rd in the final of girls 200m Individual Medley. McMahon recorded a new personal best time of 2:18.88 to add to her Silver medal won in the 400m Freestyle. Having qualified in third place from the heats McMahon was amongst the favourites for the medals and swam strongly throughout but was narrowly beaten by Germany's Alexandra Wenk (2:16.48) and Cristina Garcia of Spain (2:18.14) in a great final.

Irish lead coach Bobby Madine, who is McMahon's coach at Leander, described the performance as a fantastic result. "Sycerika is now the most medalled Irish swimmer in recent Irish history at the EYOF competition". He went on to say that that he was "delighted with the impeccable behaviour and performances from all 4 Irish swimmers and looking forward to their rest day tomorrow. Swimmers and staff are excited with the prospect of the last two days competition and want to th

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‘I wasn’t planning to stop swimming… It was a pretty abrupt decision’

SYCERIKA MCMAHON IS in Texas but she might as well be home.

“I think it’s probably about the same temperature in Ireland as it is here, which is really surprising, because it doesn’t usually get this cold,” she laughs. “It’s a bit of a shock right now.”

She won’t be going back to Ireland this Christmas, instead spending it in Austin with a friend and her family. In fact, she says she has been properly home (not including layovers) just twice since securing a scholarship and going over to study in Texas A&M University in 2013, such are the sacrifices she’s had to make for this new and exciting life.

Despite graduating last week, she won’t be home anytime soon either, having just received a green card, which allows her to live and work permanently in the US.

2017 has been a momentous year in McMahon’s life for other reasons too.

“This was an unexpected and difficult choice, as it is not easy to give up something you have done your whole life,” she said, in a statement last summer announcing her retir

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Sycerika McMahon

Sycerika McMahon
Swimming since she was 11 years old, Sycerika McMahon of Northern Ireland is now a collegiate swimmer for Texas A&M. McMahon is a versatile swimmer – she is primarily a breaststroker, but one that can swim any event. McMahon is a 2012 Irish Olympian – she qualified in the 100m breaststroke, and just missed advancing to the semi-finals by half-a-second. With intentions to major in Mathematics McMahon graduated from Stratheran School Belfast in 2013, where she was a student who took her academics very seriously. Not only was she a peer mentor, but she also studied in four advanced levels. At 17 years old, McMahon became the youngest Irish swimmer to ever medal in a major event when she brought home a bronze medal from the 2012 European Championships. She’s also the second-fastest Aggie in history in the 100 breaststroke, which she accomplished in just her first season. McMahon is a tennis fan, and she claims that her favorite athlete is Rafael Nadal.

Texas A&M
2013-2014
As a freshman McMahon had a great first