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She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.
She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.
At 6 ft 4 in (193 m), she was the tallest woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics. They received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland but no commercial sponsorship. Following the worst possible start to the 2005–2006 Winter season (Serious injury) they narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Teaming up with new recruit Jennifer Corcoran, for the 2007-2008 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup.
She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at Igls on 22 November 2007 and 14th at Königssee on 29 November 2007. Following a difficult season 2009–2010 racing in European Cup and World Cup events with brake athlete Claire Bergin, Hoey qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
She was named flagbearer for the Irish team at the opening ceremony of those games. The bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin finished in 17th place at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
At a routine Medical Research Institute scan at the Olympic village, three days before the competition, Hoey was diagnosed with endometriosis as well as three herniated discs in her back.
She competed anyway, but announced her retirement from competitive sport shortly afterwards, to prevent further and potentially permanent spinal damage. She also works for the Athletics Association of Ireland in the High Performance unit