Swim Ireland chief executive took over the organisation and led the fallout from Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Sarah Keane will step down as Olympic Federation of Ireland president at the end of the year. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho president at the end of 2024. Keane was first elected to the presidency in February 2017 amid the fallout from Rio 2016, where her predecessor, Olympic Council of Ireland president, Pat Hickey, was arrested and jailed on ticket touting charges in Brazil.
Keane took over the reins in 2017 after what was called a “quiet revolution” within the OCI, which was financially costly. The old guard was successfully ushered out and the first female president, along with a new board, took over and renamed the organisation the OFI. Sarah O’Shea, honorary general secretary of the OCI, was also voted in as the OFI drove for an athlete-focused organisation and gender balance.
Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport in August 2017, just months after gaining office, she also issued an apology to athletes, coaches and families caught up in the Rio affair.
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