Aidan Walsh (boxer)

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Aidan Walsh
Statistics
Weight(s)welterweight
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 24)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
StanceSwitch
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Welterweight
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Apia light welterweight
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast welterweight

Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish boxer.

Walsh trains at Monkstown Boxing Club, Newtownabbey.

In 2015, he won gold at light welterweight at the Commonwealth Youth Games.[2]

At welterweight, he won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] His sister Michaela is also a champion amateur boxer.[4][5][6]

Walsh competed in the men's welterweight competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and won a bronze medal.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Profiles" (PDF). d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net.
  2. ^ "Boxing: McKenna,McGivern & Walsh strike Gold in Samoa - SportsNewsIRELAND".
  3. ^ Fullerton, Gareth (14 April 2018). "Irish boxer Michaela Walsh hits out at judges' decision at Commonwealth Games".
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Who are Northern Ireland's best medal hopes?". 3 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  5. ^ "We're going for gold not holiday: Walsh siblings" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. ^ ""I told him then 'this will be me and you in four years', only with gold medals around our necks"". The Irish News.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Walsh forced to withdraw from semi-final and settle for bronze". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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