Gary O'Toole

Gary O'Toole

Personal information
Full name	Gary Charles O'Toole
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, Medley
Medal record Men's Swimming Representing Ireland European Championships - Long Course 1989 Bonn 200 m breaststroke Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke

Gary O'Toole is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul and Barcelona Games.

While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn. He also won a gold medal at the World University Championships in 1991 when representing University College Dublin and UCD. He helped to break 5 National relay records, including Short Course and Long Course.

As a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association, O'Toole had been approached to make representations on behalf of the victims of the George Gibney scandal. Gibney, who coached O'Toole until he became aware of these allegations, criticised O'Toole publicly during the 1992 Olympics. His complaints were ignored and led to a major investigation into the incidents and ultimately to the disbandment of the IASA and the creation of Swim Ireland.

Since his retirement from professional swimming, O'Toole has been a practising Orthopedic surgeon with a specialist interest in adult arthritis (both hip and knee) and knee sports injuries. He also has a keen interest in musculoskeletal cancer (bone and soft tissue tumours). He continued to provide expert analysis for RTÉ Sport's Olympic swimming coverage.