Aidan Walsh (boxer)

Aidan Walsh (born 28 March 1997) is a boxer from Northern Ireland.

Aidan Walsh
Statistics
Weight(s)welterweight
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Belfast, Northern Ireland
StanceSwitch
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Youth Games
2015 Apialight welterweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coastwelterweight

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]

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.


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