Gary Keegan

Irish Institute of Sport

Gary Keegan

Gary Keegan is the director of high performance management in the Irish Institute of Sport. Previous to Gary's current role, he spent 5 years as high performance director with the IABA's (Irish Amateur Boxing Association) High Performance Boxing Programme. There Gary devised a world class talent management programme which was under pinned by a process driven business model. Over a 5 year period Gary's programme achieved major European, World and Olympic success with no fewer than 29 medals achieved at these levels across the age spectrum.

The Institute of Sport is a government agency set up in 2006 to manage and coordinate high performance sport in Ireland. In total the agency manages over 300 full time talented athletes across a wider variety of Olympic and Paralympic Sports. Its mission is to create an environment of support which ensures that talented Irish athletes achieve sustained levels of excellence in elite sport. This involves a variety of supports including elite coaching, nutrition, injury management, sports psychology, and physical training.