Harry Garside
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| Full name | Harrison Garside | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||
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Harrison Garside (born 22 July 1997) is an Australian boxer.[1] He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal.[2][3] This marked the first time in more than three decades that an Australian medaled in boxing at the Olympics.[4]
In 2015, Garside won his first of six Australian National Championships. In 2018 he competed at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal in the men's 60kg division.[5]
As of 2021, Garside had won seven Australian national boxing championships.[4]
Personal life[]
Garside decided he wanted to take up boxing when he was 9 years old.. This came as a shock to his family as he was not considered to be a boxer. He was the youngest of three boys and was closest to his mum. He was inspired by the Olympic Spirit from a young age, having photos of Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe on his bedroom ceiling to inspire him.[5]
Garside joined the Lilydale Youth Club which became his second home. He was at first to be an easy target and lost 10 of his first 18 fights. Garside harnessed an underdog mentality and he was motivated to train harder.[5]
Garside is employed as a plumber.[4] He wore nail polish during the 2020 Olympics, citing his desire to defy gender stereotypes.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Harry Garside". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Boxing: Men's Light (57-63kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Australian boxer Harry Garside takes home bronze after loss to Cuba's Andy Cruz". The Sunday Times. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Pender, Kieran (5 August 2021). "Ballet-dancing plumber Harry Garside boxing for rare Australian medal | Kieran Pender". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Harry Garside". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links[]
- Harry Garside at Olympedia
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- Australian male boxers
- Olympic boxers of Australia
- Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
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- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
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