Aidan Walsh (boxer)
Appearance
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Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Switch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish
boxer
.
Walsh trains at Holy Family 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
- ^ "Profiles" (PDF). d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Boxing: McKenna,McGivern & Walsh strike Gold in Samoa - SportsNewsIRELAND". Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Fullerton, Gareth (14 April 2018). "Irish boxer Michaela Walsh hits out at judges' decision at Commonwealth Games".
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Who are Northern Ireland's best medal hopes?". BBC Sport. 3 April 2018.
- ^ "We're going for gold not holiday: Walsh siblings". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ ""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.
- RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links
- Aidan Walsh at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- Aidan Walsh at Olympics.com
- Aidan Walsh at Olympedia
- Aidan Walsh on X