Philip Doyle (rower)

Doyle went on to study Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast in 2012 and took up rowing in 2013. He won the British University Championships as a novice in 2014 and placed second in the Novice Irish National Championships that year All in men’s 8+’s. He went to the European Universities Championships in 2014 in Hanover coming 8th in the men’s single scull.

In 2016 Doyle won the men’s championship double scull With Tiernan Oliver and took silver in the championship single to Sam Twine of Reading University. That year Byrne and Tiernan went on to win a bronze medal in Zagreb in the European Universities and came 9th at the World Universities in Poznan, Poland.

Philip did an intercalated degree in Medical Sciences in 2015/16 also graduating with a first class honours BSc.

Philip got his senior debut for Ireland rowing in Lucerne, Switzerland in the men’s singles coming 15th. He and his partner Ronan Byrne went on to come 9th in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in the men’s double September 2018 delaying stating his job as a doctor in Belfast City Hospital after graduating from Queen’s University in July 2018.

Philip worked as a foundation 1 doctor in Belfast City Hospital December 2018 – April 2019 before returning to rowing full time and competing at the European Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland with partner Ronan Byrne coming 9th. They went on to win a silver at World Cup II Rotterdam, Netherlands coming second to the Swiss Double. They went on to claim a silver medal at Linz, Austria second to the Chinese double in a time of 6.06.25.

On 1 August 2024, he won a bronze medal alongside Daire Lynch in the Men's double sculls final at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[2]

• Philip Doyle at Rowing Ireland
• Philip Doyle at World Rowing
• Philip Doyle at Olympics.com
• Philip Doyle at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
• Philip Doyle at Olympedia