Jade O'Dowda

Jade O'Dowda (born 9 September 1999) is an English international athlete.

They both are the Grandchildren of the late Irish singer Brendan O'Dowda who sang "Pretty Irish Girl" in the Walt Disney film " Darby O' Gill and the little people.

[1][2] A former Oxford City AC athlete,[3] she won a bronze medal in the women's heptathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

[7] After winning the long jump gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, O'Dowda was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, to compete in the heptathlon.

[10] In February 2025, O'Dowda won the silver medal in the long jump at the British Indoor Championships, behind fellow Oxfordshire athlete Alice Hopkins.