Sporting Alumni
The following alumni were added to the Inaugural Queen’s Sport Hall of Fame, held at the Blues Awards 2023.
Caroline O’Hanlon
Caroline currently works as a GP in Co. Down. She is one of the most successful female athletes to come from Queen's.
Decade: 2010s
Sport: Netball and Ladies Gaelic Football
Honours: Northern Ireland World Cup player 2003/11/19 (Captain); Commonweath Games 2014 & 2018 (Captain); European Netball Championship Silver 2012 & 2017; Armagh Ladies Gaelic – All Ireland Finalists 2006
Existing Recognitions: NI Sportswoman of the Year 2010s; TG4 Players Player of the Year 2014; Ladies Gaelic Football All Star 2006, 2012, 2014; Most capped netball player for Northern Ireland
Richard Archibald
Richard is currently Director of Sport for Sport NI. He maintains a strong connection with Queen's Rowing.
Decade: 2010s
Sport: Rowing
Honours: Olympics 2004 (Athens) & 2008 (Beijing); 2005 World Championship Silver; 2006 World Championship Bronze; World U23 Championships
Existing Recognitions: Deputy Lieutenant for Derry
Lisa Bradley
Lisa currently works in Queen's Business School as a Senior Lecturer. She was awarded Blues Awards as an undergrad, post grad and PhD student.
Decade: 1990s
Sport: Judo
Honours: 7 Times Blues – 1993- 2001; 2 Times World Judo Masters Champion; Commonwealth Games Silver
Existing Recognitions: Sport Achievement Award 1998; 4th Dan Black Belt
Dawson Stelfox
Dawson is a Conservation Architect and Mountaineer. He is a Consultant to Consarc Design Group and Chair of Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland.
Decade: 1990s
Sport: Mountaineering
Honours: First Irish man to climb Everest in May 1993
Existing Recognitions: Chair of Outdoor Recreation NI; Patron Irish Nepalese Education Trust; 494th person in history to climb Everest since Edmund Hilary in May 1953
Trevor Ringland
Solicitor; UK Special Envoy to the US on Northern Ireland
Decade: 1980s
Sport: Rugby
Honours: British Lion 1983, Triple Crown winner 1982 & 1985
Existing Recognitions: No.15 Queen’s Rugby Greatest XV; Current Senior Committee Queen's Rugby; Former IRFU Committee member
Billy McConnell
Olympic Bronze Medal Winner
Decade: 1970s
Sport: Hockey
Honours: Olympian world record for hockey caps
Existing Recognitions: Irish Hockey Hall of Fame; Former QUB Men’s First XI coach; Former Pegasus Coach
Sean O’Neill
Current President of QUB GAA
Decade: 1960s
Sport: Gaelic Football
Honours: Treble All Ireland
Existing Recognitions: GAA Hall of Fame; GAA Team of the Millenium; QUB GAA Hall of Fame; Paddy O’Hara Medal inaugural winner; Belfast Telegraph Hall of Fame; GAA Writers Association Hall of Fame; Sigerson Cup Team of the Century
FURTHER SUCCESS
The following alumni have enjoyed significant success in a range of fields.
Ciaran Barr
Ciaran is considered a Queen's Sporting Great and was Antrim Hurling Captain in 1989. He has an extensive international business track record with global businesses; and is currently Head of Finance and Operations with Gaelic Players Association. The GPA sponsors two GAA bursaries in Queen’s each year.
David Humphreys
David is a former solicitor and is the incoming Performance Director of Rugby Ireland. He captained Ulster Rugby to the first Irish European Cup success in the 1998/99 season and won the Celtic Cup in 2004 and the Celtic League in 2005/2006. His son James is a current Queen's Rugby Academy Athlete.
Enda McNulty
Enda is currently a Performance Consultant with a global client base which includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Diageo. He was the All Ireland winner and GAA All Star 2002.
Iain Henderson
Professional Rugby player. Has captained Ireland and played for the Lions.
Bernie Collins
Former Formula One Strategy Engineer. Sky Sport F1 Strategy Analyst. Role model for women and sport and STEM subjects.
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Aaron Armstrong
Former Sky Sports Presenter. News and Sport broadcaster at TRT World and LBC News. Hosted Hockey 125th Anniversary Dinner at Queen’s in June 2023. Queen's Hockey First XI Blues Award winner.