John Twomey (born 7 July 1955)[1] is an Irish Paralympic athlete and sailor.

[3] Twomey became a track and field athlete representing Ireland from 1976 to 1996 at the Paralympics in the discus event.

When he retired from athletics the timing was right that he could take up his other sport of Sailing at Olympic level.

In 1996 Sailing was a demonstration event at the Paralympics and in 2000 Twomey qualified to represent Ireland in the Sonar.

[11] Twomey lead the Ireland team out during the opening ceremony as the national flag bearer of the Rio 2016 Games.