Gary O'Donovan (born 30 December 1992) is an Irish rower. Together with his brother Paul he won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls at the 2016 European Rowing Championships, and silver in the same discipline at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer for Ireland during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.Gary O'Donovan was born on December 30, 1992 to Trish and Teddy O'Donovan, and grew up in Lisheen near Skibbereen in County Cork. He attended Lisheen National School, later St Fachtna's De La Salle secondary school in Skibbereen. He also went to study part-time at Cork Institute of Technology in 2011, and graduated with a degree in Marketing in 2016. Wikipedia