Aidan Walsh (boxer) explained

Aidan Walsh
Height:[1]
Weight:welterweight
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality:Irish
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Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish boxer.

Walsh trains at Holy Family ABC, Belfast. His sister is Olympic boxer Michaela Walsh.

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]

He lost in the first round at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, going down 4:0 to Makan Traore from France.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profiles . d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net . 2 May 2018 . 3 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042708/https://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2011/04/Boxing2018-Commonwealth-Games-Mens-Athlete-Profiles.pdf . dead.
  2. Web site: Boxing: McKenna,McGivern & Walsh strike Gold in Samoa - SportsNewsIRELAND . 2 May 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005203/https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/boxing/boxing_irish/boxing-mckennamcgivern-walsh-strike-gold-in-samoa/ . dead.
  3. Web site: Irish boxer Michaela Walsh hits out at judges' decision at Commonwealth Games . Gareth . Fullerton . 14 April 2018 .
  4. News: Commonwealth Games: Who are Northern Ireland's best medal hopes? . BBC Sport . 3 April 2018 .
  5. News: We're going for gold not holiday: Walsh siblings . Belfasttelegraph.co.uk . 4 April 2018 . www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. Web site: "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. News: Tokyo 2020: Walsh forced to withdraw from semi-final and settle for bronze . . 1 August 2021 . 1 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Comeback Kid Aidan Walsh suffers Olympic defeat. 28 July 2024 . Irish Boxing. 28 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Walsh knocked out of Olympics after Traore defeat. 28 July 2024 . BBC Sport . 28 July 2024.

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