Molly Maybe won bronze for Ireland in the 200m breaststroke at the European Youth Olympics in Baku on Wednesday.
Mayne swam 2:30.76 behind Justine Delmas of France in second and winner Evgeniia Chikunova of Russia.
"It feels great," the Templeogue swimmer said after the race.
I'm so happy. It's all I've wanted.
I went out efficient and controlled trying to build into the wall a little bit. My coach said my turns were the quickest so I tried to keep that.
On the third 50m, I saw the girl next to me in lane two. I knew she was on my feet. I tried to get power out of every kick and gave it my all.
That felt amazing. At first, I thought I was fourth and then I looked again and saw I got the bronze. I was just so happy.
Mayne will go in the 100m breaststroke tomorrow.
The medal was Ireland's second of the festival. On Tuesday evening, Rhasidat Adeleke won 100m gold.
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