Dundalk's Kate O'Connor nets €93,000 profit just seven months after setting up company
Dundalk's golden girl Kate O'Connor nets €93,000 profit just seven months after setting up company
A company set up by European gold medallist Kate O’Connor last year recorded profits of almost €100,000 in its first seven months of trading, newly filed accounts have revealed.
KOC7 Elite Limited was incorporated on May 27, 2025 and, by the end of the year, it had accumulated a cash pile of over €117,000 and posted a profit of €93,007 in its first set of financial accounts.
The 25-year-old Dundalk native is the sole shareholder in the company and is listed as a director of the firm alongside her father Michael, who has been her coach since she was a child.
The company manages revenue from O’Connor’s sponsorships and commercial engagements, which have flourished in light of her recent success in the athletics arena.
She was named as a brand ambassador for Allianz last April, and has also partnered with the likes of Spar, 123.ie, Davy, Options Technology, Gym Plus, and Walls Construction.
O’Connor enjoyed a sensational breakthrough year on the track in 2025, winning four senior international medals, including bronze at the European Indoor Championships, silver in the World Indoor Championships, and gold at the World University Games.
Last September, she secured a silver medal in the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with a then-national record of 6,714 points.
This year has proven to be even more successful for the athlete, pulling off a historic double by winning gold in the heptathlon at both the Commonwealth Games and the European Athletics Championships, becoming the first woman to win both titles in the same year for nearly 30 years.
A graduate of Sheffield Hallam University in sports development with coaching, O’Connor also completed a master’s degree in communication and public relations at Ulster University in late 2025.
Accounts just filed to the Companies Office show that KOC7 Elite Limited held current assets valued at €117,585 at the end of last December, alongside fixed assets of €350.
The company owed €23,078 to short-term creditors, with an additional €1,750 recorded in accruals and deferred income, leaving the firm with net current assets of €94,507 at the end of its first financial period.
Last week, she backed a budget submission by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) Athletes’ Association, calling for tax breaks for the country’s elite sportspeople.
“To do this job well, you need to be supported,” she said. “For athletes in between that, it can be very difficult to make that jump to winning medals when I’m not being supported enough.
“It’s expensive to go on training camps, to pay coaches, to get treatment every week, as well as fuelling well and trying to live a normal life and pay rent and maybe save something in between,” she added.