Conway Mill Trust

Kieran Beyan, only the second gymnast to go to the Olympics from Ireland, overcame many obstacles in getting there.  At 11 yrs. he had surgery on his leg for a benign tumor. The surgery was botched and he was told he would never walk again.  He fought back and took up gymnastics.  Shortly after, he broke an arm and a wrist and then hit his head on the parallel bars resulting in a traumatic injury that caused blackouts. In 2010 prior to the European Championship he tore the ligament in his knee.  He broke his arm and his wrist, suffered a torn ligament in his other knee but came back in 2011 to win 3 World Cup medals, Ireland’s first in gymnastics.  He made it to the London Olympics but failed to medal but said he was happy just to get there.