Linda Cannon
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03/09/2010 13:39 
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Name: Linda Cannon
Club: Loughrea Training Cenre
Sport: Ladies Football
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Final Placing - 3rd / Bronze
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Result |
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Result |
| Match 1 |
Ireland |
3 |
-v- |
Italy |
0 |
| Match 2 |
Ireland |
0 |
-v- |
Thailand |
1 |
| Match 3 |
Ireland |
0 |
-v- |
Greece |
1 |
| FINAL MATCH |
Ireland |
4 |
-v- |
Italy |
0 |
Linda Cannon from Athenry, Co. Galway is one of 126 athletes who will represent Ireland at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The Games will run from the 25th June to 4th July 2011 in Athens, Greece.
Linda will compete in the Ladies 5-a-side football competition and is currently busy training and preparing for the Games. She attends Loughrea Training Centre and has been involved with Special Olympics since 2006.
This is Linda’s first time representing Ireland at the Special Olympics World Games. She is looking forward to the challenge of competing in the Games and is hoping to bring home a gold medal. She is also looking forward to meeting athletes from other countries.
Linda previously competed in the 2010 Special Olympics Ireland Games in Limerick where she won a gold medal and her team came fourth in their group in the 2010 Special Olympics European Games in Poland last September.
Being selected for Team Ireland for the 2010 Special Olympics European Games and again for the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, in addition to winning gold at the 2010 Special Olympics Ireland Games in Limerick have been the highlights of her time with Special Olympics so far.
Before becoming involved in Special Olympics, Linda says she was very quiet and felt isolated. Now, her life has changed for the better: she has travelled a lot and got fitter and has made lots of new friends.
Linda’s hobbies include walking, swimming and watching TV. Roy Keane is her sporting hero while Aidan Quinn is her favourite actor and her favourite film is ‘This is it’ featuring Michael Jackson. Her favourite song is ‘You’ll never walk alone’ and she enjoys watching Midsomer Murders and Casualty on television.
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Linda Cannon with fellow Team Ireland members from Co. Galway at the launch of Team Ireland.
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