Ioan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer.[4]
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| Born | 30 November 2001[2] Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Both twins, who come from Crymych, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales.[5] At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze.[6]
Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight.[7] Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout.[7]
References
edit- ^ "BoxRec: Ioan Croft". BoxRec. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Ioan CROFT". Birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Hughes, Adam (16 November 2021). "Crymych's Croft boxing twins win medals in Macedonia". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Mike (29 May 2022). "Bronze medal for Ioan Croft at European Championships in Armenia". Tivyside Advertiser. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "New S4C documentary follows Team Wales athletes as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games". Nation Cymru. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Gemau'r Gymanwlad: Aur ac efydd yn y bocsio i ddau frawd o Sir Benfro". S4C (in Welsh). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ a b Jon Doel (28 July 2022). "'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Ioan Croft from BoxRec (registration required)
- Ioan Croft at Team Wales
- Ioan Croft at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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