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.
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| Born | 5 June 1993[2] Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
edit- ^ "Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's Athlete Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Michaela Walsh". Glasgow2014.com.
- ^ a b c "Michaela Walsh in dreamland after Northern Ireland enjoy boxing gold rush". Times Series. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Michaela Walsh invested 19 years of work to take her first Commonwealth Games gold after two silvers". IBA. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Gold for Walsh siblings at the Commonwealth Games". RTE. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Michaela Walsh hails 'dream come true' after winning Commonwealth gold alongside brother Aidan". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Webb, Karleigh. "Michaela Walsh aims to add to family Olympic medal count in Paris". OutSports. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Michaela Walsh from BoxRec (registration required)
- Michaela Walsh at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- Michaela Walsh at Olympedia
- Michaela Walsh at Olympics.com
- Michaela Walsh at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Michaela Walsh at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Michaela Walsh at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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