Ollie Canning
Ollie Canning accepting the 2013 Galway Senior Hurling Championship trophy on behalf of Portumna at Pearse Stadium, Galway
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Olibhéar Ó Cainín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left Corner Back | ||
| Born |
July 9, 1976 Ballinasloe, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Portumna | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 6 | ||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1996-2010 | Galway | 34 (1-5) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 4 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:04, 17 March 2014. | |||
Oliver "Ollie" Canning (born 9 July 1976) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Galway senior team.
Born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Canning first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fourteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1996 championship. Canning went on to play a key role for Galway for the next fifteen years, and won three Connacht medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Canning won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a four-time All-Ireland medallist with Portumna. In addition to this he has also won three Connacht medals and six championship medals.
Throughout his career Canning made 34 championship appearances for Galway. His announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 27 July 2010.
Ollie Canning was born in Portumna, County Galway in 1977. He was educated locally and from an early age he showed a great interest in hurling. Canning later attended the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) where he studied mechanical engineering. Here he played on the college hurling team, winning a Fitzgibbon Cup title in the mid-1990s. Canning currently works as a Project Manager with Kirby Group Engineering in Galway. Ollie is an elder brother of current Galway hurler Joe Canning.
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