Orla Comerford (born 14 September 1997) is an Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at the international level.[1][2][3] She has Stargardt's disease, which is an inherited retinal disease. Its main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Orla Comerford - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Orla Comerford - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ "From Leaving Cert points to Paralympics: teen sprint sensation living the athletics dream". the42.ie. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Orla Comerford". Paralympics. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ Sahel, José-Alain; Marazova, Katia; Audo, Isabelle (February 2015). "Clinical Characteristics and Current Therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 5 (2): a017111. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a017111. ISSN 2157-1422. PMC 4315917. PMID 25324231.


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