set a personal best in the club throw but did not finish on the podium. 2004 Paralympics He stayed in athletics in 2004 Summer Paralympics, competing in the F32 shot put. He finished in seventh place with a distance of 5.96 metres. His was below his personal and season best of 6.48 metres. 2008 Paralympics He began to train exclusively for boccia due to a hip injury. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the BC2 mixed individuals. He was eliminated in the preliminaries and did not advance to the quarterfinals after his performance in Group B. Leahy lost to Dan Bentley and Risa Kainuma on the first day of competition and defeated Fernando Ferreira on the second, finishing with a 1–2 record. He cited his performance to a headache. After the individual competition, he competed in the BC1-BC2 boccia mixed team event. They defeated Finland and lost to Spain in group play, advancing them to the quarterfinals. They lost to host-nation China 12–2 and were eliminated. 2012 Paralympics Leahy competed in the BC1-2 boccia mixed team event in the 2012 Paralympic Games. On 2 September, The team lost their first match 14–3 against South Korea. Later that day they lost to Brazil 11–2, ending their tournament. He retired after these Games, his eighth Paralympics. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Paralympic athletes of Ireland Paralympic boccia players of Ireland Paralympic gold medalists for Ireland Paralympic silver medalists for Ireland Paralympic bronze medalists for Ireland Paralympic medalists in boccia Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Club throwers Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)