Aidan_Walsh_(boxer)

Aidan Walsh (boxer)

Aidan Walsh (boxer)

Irish boxer (born 1997)

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

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Walsh trains at Emerald ABC, Belfast.

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

At welterweight, Aidan won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Aidan also competed in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he won Gold alongside his sister Michaela Walsh,[3] who 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. [1]
    "Profiles" (PDF). d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Boxing: McKenna,McGivern & Walsh strike Gold in Samoa - SportsNewsIRELAND". Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    Fullerton, Gareth (14 April 2018). "Irish boxer Michaela Walsh hits out at judges' decision at Commonwealth Games".
  4. [4]
    "Commonwealth Games: Who are Northern Ireland's best medal hopes?". BBC Sport. 3 April 2018.
  5. [5]
    "We're going for gold not holiday: Walsh siblings". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    ""I told him then 'this will be me and you in four years', only with gold medals around our necks"". The Irish News. 3 April 2018.
  7. [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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