Medal Round Results

Date	Weight	Irish Boxer	Result	Opponent	Score
		Final
25.01.2020	60Kg	Kellie Harrington	Lost to	Mira Potkonen (Fin)	2-3
		Semi-Finals
24.01.2020	60Kg	Kellie Harrington	Beat	Denica Eliseeva (Bul)	5-0
24.01.2020	75Kg	Aoife O’Rourke	Lost to	Naomi Graham (USA)	0-5

Ireland Squad

Final Rankings: Medals Table: 10th

Rankings Table 6th

Entries: 29 Nations

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan) and Carly McNaul (Holy Family)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim)
60kg Kellie Harrington (St Mary’s) (Silver) and Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
69kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgan’s)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) (Bronze)

Male

57kg Kurt Walker (Canal) and Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott)
63kg George Bates (St Mary’s) and Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise)
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim) and Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)
75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
81kg Emmet Brennan (Dublin Docklands)
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield)
91kg+ Antoine O’Griofa (Celtic Eagles)

Staff

High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk, JP Kinsella
Physio: Lorcan McGee
Physiologist: Damien Martin

Report

Ireland Ranked 6th out of 29 Nations in the Strandja Multi-Nations Boxing Event in Sofia in January 2020, and finished 10th in the Medals Table with Kellie Harrington winning Silver and Aoife O’Rourke Bronze.

References

Images

[1] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/15166-2/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) Results 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/results-20202/ [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan.

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