Orla Comerford

Irish Paralympic athlete

Orla Comerford

Personal information

Born

(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 27)
Dublin, Ireland

Sport

Country

Ireland

Sport

Paralympic athletics

Disability

Stargardt's disease

Disability class

T13

Event(s)

100 metres
200 metres

Club

Raheny Shamrock Athletics Club

Medal record

Paralympic athletics

Representing Ireland
Paralympic Games
	2024 Paris	100m T13
European Championships
	2018 Berlin	100m T13
	2018 Berlin	200m T13

Orla Comerford (born 14 September 1997) is an Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at the international level.^[1]^[2]^[3] She has Stargardt's disease, which is an inherited retinal disease. Its main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Orla Comerford - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ "Orla Comerford - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "From Leaving Cert points to Paralympics: teen sprint sensation living the athletics dream". the42.ie. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Orla Comerford". Paralympics. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ Sahel, José-Alain; Marazova, Katia; Audo, Isabelle (February 2015). "Clinical Characteristics and Current Therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 5 (2): a017111. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a017111. ISSN 2157-1422. PMC 4315917. PMID 25324231.