Kieran Behan OLY (born 19 April 1989) is an Irish artistic gymnast, who represents Ireland internationally.

(left)[4] in October 2010 he finally made his senior debut on the International scene, competing in the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics championships.

He was able to compete in the qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, participating on three out of the six events without dismounts due to still recovering from the left knee ACL surgery.

[5] Qualifying himself to the final stage of the London 2012 Olympic games process (the London Prepares Olympic test event) Behan did not receive funding from the Irish Sports Council or Gymnastics Ireland, by the end of 2011 he had spent close to €12,000 on travel and accommodation expenses to get to the international competitions, friends and family supporting him by raising money through bake sales and other fundraisers.

[1] In 2012, he competed in the London Prepares Olympic Test Event, where he qualified for the Floor Exercise final, finishing in fourth place behind Gold medallists Daniel Purvis and Tomás González and Bronze medallist Kristian Thomas, gaining the best execution score of the final.

Due to the tumour surgery as a child, Behan had part of his left quadriceps muscle removed meaning that this leg would always be impaired.

After a long rehab process he again defied the odds and returned to compete in the 2014 Artistic World Championships in China.

Later in 2015, Behan competed in the Glasgow World Championships, qualifying to the final stage for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.