Michaela Walsh (boxer) explained
| Michaela Walsh |
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| Birth Date: | 5 June 1993[2] |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Michaela Walsh (born 5 June 1993) is an amateur boxer from Ireland who fights in the featherweight division (54 – 57 kg). Walsh is an Olympian, who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Walsh won a silver medal in the flyweight division.[3] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she moved to featherweight and again won silver.[3] In the 2022 Commonwealth games held in Birmingham, Michaela won Gold.[3] [4]
Michaela and Aidan her brother, became the first brother and sister to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games in boxing, both qualifying in June 2021.
Her brother Aidan is also a boxer who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] [6]
She boxes out of Emerald boxing club in Belfast.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's Athlete Profiles . 2018-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042453/https://d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net/2011/04/Boxing2018-Commonwealth-Games-Womens-Athlete-Profiles.pdf . 2018-05-03 . dead.
- Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Michaela Walsh . Glasgow2014.com.
- Web site: Michaela Walsh in dreamland after Northern Ireland enjoy boxing gold rush . Times Series . 2 August 2024.
- Web site: Michaela Walsh invested 19 years of work to take her first Commonwealth Games gold after two silvers . IBA . 2 August 2024.
- Web site: Gold for Walsh siblings at the Commonwealth Games . RTE . 2 August 2024.
- Web site: Michaela Walsh hails 'dream come true' after winning Commonwealth gold alongside brother Aidan . Belfast Live . 2 August 2024.
- Web site: Webb . Karleigh . Michaela Walsh aims to add to family Olympic medal count in Paris . 2024-07-03 . OutSports . en.
