{{short description|Irish camogie player}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player | image = | code = Camogie | sport = Camogie | province = Munster | name = Ashling Thompson | irish = Aisling Nic Thómais | nickname = | occupation = Personal Trainer | county = Cork | club = Milford | clyears = 1997- | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 4 | clprovince = 4 | clallireland=3 | clposition = Midfielder | icyears = 2006– | icapps(points) = | counties = Cork | scores = | icprovince = | icallireland = 6 | allstars = 5 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|03|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Cork, Ireland
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'''Ashling Thompson''' <!--(born 5 March 1986/1990?)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/ie-en/athlete/ashling-thompson-red-bull-athlete-ireland|title=Ashling Thompson|website=Red Bull}}</ref>--> is an Irish sportswoman. She plays camogie with her local club, Milford, and with the Cork Senior Camogie team.
==Career==
Thompson began playing camogie for Milford aged 7. With them, she has won three All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaa.ie/news/club-ashling-thompson-milford/|title=My Club: Ashling Thompson - Milford|publisher=}}</ref>
Ashling has won the All-Ireland camogie championship with Cork six times. She helped her team to glory in: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2024.
Thompson won an All Star Award in 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024 and 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/ashling-thompson/news/|title=Ashling Thompson · TheJournal.ie|website=TheJournal.ie}}</ref>
She was the subject of a ''Laochra Gael'' episode in 2018.<ref>[http://www.gaa.ie/news/new-laochra-gael-series-launched-156559/ New Laochra Gael series launched] GAA</ref>
==Personal life== Thompson's mother was involved in the founding of Milford camogie club.
A car accident in 2009 caused severe muscle damage to her neck and back and led to a period of mental illness. In 2012, a boyfriend committed suicide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/cork-camogie-star-ashling-thompson-details-the-vile-sledging-she-has-been-subjected-to-34295349.html|title=Cork camogie star Ashling Thompson details the vile sledging she has been subjected to - Independent.ie|publisher=}}</ref> Thompson supports the Irish Life Health Schools' Fitness Challenge and has spoken out on mental health issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/cork-camogie-star-ashling-thompson-my-dark-places-35178200.html|title=Cork camogie star Ashling Thompson: My dark places - Independent.ie|publisher=}}</ref>
Thompson appeared on ''The Late Late Show'' on 10 February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwWAyv3VQQ|title=Ashling Thompson's fantasy date - The Late Late Show - RTÉ One|last=The Late Late Show|date=10 February 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/cork-gaa-star-ashling-thompson-gives-a-lesson-in-lowkey-luxe-with-late-late-show-look-35442417.html|title=Cork GAA star Ashling Thompson gives a lesson in low-key luxe with Late Late Show look - Independent.ie|publisher=}}</ref>
She is known for her large collection of tattoos, and work with various charities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0625/1057378-ashling-thompson-court/|title=Cork camogie star Ashling Thompson discusses her eclectic tattoo collection|publisher=}}</ref>
On 25 June 2019, Thompson was ordered to pay a total of €6,000 to avoid a conviction by Cork District Court after she entered a guilty plea to assaulting two separate individuals unprovoked while on a night out on 25 February 2018. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwWAyv3VQQ|title=Camogie player Ashling Thompson agrees to pay €6,000 after assaulting two women|last=RTE.ie|date=25 June 2019|publisher=|via=RTE.ie}}</ref>
==See also== *2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
==References== {{reflist|1}}
== External links == *{{Twitter|AshlingThompson}} *{{Instagram | ashlingthompson }}
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