Paul Brady (handballer)

Paul Brady, born on 20 September 1979 in Cavan, is an Irish four-wall handball player who also played Gaelic football for his county. He is a six-time World 4-Wall Handball Singles Champion, winning his titles in 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2024. Introduced to handball at twelve by a teacher at St Patrick's College in Cavan, he won his first All-Ireland title in the under-16 doubles in 1995, and in December 2002 became the first Irishman to win an event on the American professional tour. He won the US Nationals in 2005 and again in 2006, 2009 and 2012. His run of five consecutive world titles ended when an ankle injury forced him to forfeit his 2018 semi-final. As a Gaelic footballer he played for Cavan for nine years, generally at wing-back, and won three Cavan Senior Football Championship medals with Mullahoran Dreadnoughts.