Jack Ireland (swimming) made his Commonwealth Games debut at the Birmingham 2022 Games where he struck bronze in the men’s 200m freestyle S14. Ireland was one of 19 Commonwealth Games debutants on the 30-strong Para-Dolphins swim team in Birmingham.

Hailing from Newcastle in NSW where he learnt to swim in primary school, Ireland moved to Brisbane when he was 13 to train under David Heyden at the University of Queensland. Competing in the S14 category for intellectual disability, Ireland first broke into the Australian Para-Dolphins squad at the Indianapolis leg of the 2017 World Series where he won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals. The 2016 Australia Day Junior Athlete of the Year made his world championships debut in London in 2019 where he finished 8th in the 200m freestyle S14. He was 4th at Madeira 2022 and claimed his first world championship medal in the event – bronze – in Manchester in 2023. He was also part of the mixed 4x100m freestyle S14 relay that won silver medals in Madeira and Manchester.