Elite Sports Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach & Gym Manager
Craig Dowling is the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ad Astra Elite Sports Scholarship Programme at University College Dublin, managing high-performance training and sport science support for scholars.
He has worked across two Olympic cycles, supporting Ireland’s track cycling and para-cycling teams at the Tokyo 2021 Games and the senior men’s hockey team through their Paris 2024 campaign.
Currently completing a PhD at UCD on energy availability in elite student-athletes, Craig’s research directly informs his applied practice in athlete management and programme design. He has extensive expertise in strength and conditioning and exercise physiology, operating advanced sport science technologies to guide evidence-based training and performance monitoring.