Rhys McClenaghan
Northern Irish artistic gymnast
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Rhys Joshua McClenaghan is a Northern Irish artistic gymnast competing internationally for both Ireland and Northern Ireland. He is a double world champion on pommel horse, having won gold in 2022 and 2023, the first Irish artistic gymnast ever to win world championship gold. In 2019, he became the first Irish gymnast to qualify to a world championships final and to also win a medal, taking bronze on pommel horse.
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McClenaghan retains European Pommel Horse titleIreland's Rhys McClenaghan produces a masterclass on the pommel horse to win gold at the European Championships in Rimini.BBC Sport - Published | |
'I didn't want to compete. I didn't want to be there'Northern Ireland's two-time world champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan discusses mental health after experiencing pre-performance "panic" earlier this year.BBC Sport - Published | |
The mark of a true champion - McClenaghan strikes gold againIreland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan showed composure to retain his world pommel horse title and qualify for next year's Paris Olympics.BBC Sport - Published | |
McClenaghan wins gold as Whitlock finishes fifthIreland's Rhys McClenaghan retains the pommel horse title at the World Gymnastics Championships as Great Britain's Max Whitlock finishes fifth.BBC Sport - Published | |
'Best in the world!' - Ireland's McClenaghan retains world titleWatch the moment Ireland's "golden boy" Rhys McClenaghan retains his title with incredible men's pommel horse performance at the World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.BBC Sport - Published | |
McClenaghan moves back home for Olympic build-upRhys McClenaghan's training base for next year's Olympics will be in his home town of Newtownards after the opening of a new gymnastics facility.BBC Sport - Published | |
Ireland's McClenaghan wins pommel horse goldWatch as current pommel horse World Champion Rhys McClenaghan wins gold for Ireland at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.BBC Sport - Published | |
McClenaghan tops pommel qualifying in TurkeyRhys McClenaghan qualifies in first position for Saturday's European Pommel Horse final with a score of 14.966 on Tuesday.BBC Sport - Published | |
BBC NI SPOTY winner McClenaghan focused on OlympicsRhys McClenaghan says he has made "big steps" towards achieving his Olympic dream after winning the 2022 BBC NI Sports Personality of the Year.BBC Sport - Published | |
Watch: McClenaghan named BBC NI SPOTY 2022World champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan is named BBC Northern Ireland's Sports Personality of the Year 2022.BBC Sport - Published | |
'Even I doubted myself' - McClenaghanRhys McClenaghan admits that high-profile disappointments forced him to question himself before bouncing back to win the world pommel horse title.BBC Sport - Published | |
Regini-Moran and McClenaghan win historic goldsGiarnni Regini-Moran becomes first Briton to win men's floor world title and Rhys McClenaghan claims Ireland's first pommel horse gold.BBC Sport - Published | |
McClenaghan wins gold at World ChampionshipsRhys McClenaghan becomes Ireland's first gymnastics world champion as he wins pommel horse gold in Liverpool.BBC Sport - Published | Commonwealth Games 2022: Joe Fraser beats Rhys McClenaghan to pommel goldWatch England's Joe Fraser beat Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan to win pommel horse gold at the Commonwealth Games.BBC Sport - Published |
Commonwealth Games: Gymnasts' bar from Birmingham shocks Northern Ireland sportThe decision to block Rhys McClenaghan and two fellow Northern Ireland gymnasts from this year's Commonwealth Games is causing consternation.BBC Sport - Published |