Aidan Walsh
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Statistics
Weight(s)welterweight
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
StanceSwitch
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoWelterweight
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Apialight welterweight
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coastwelterweight
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamMen's light middleweight

Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish boxer.

Walsh trains at Emerald ABC, Belfast.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Profiles" (PDF). d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Boxing: McKenna,McGivern & Walsh strike Gold in Samoa - SportsNewsIRELAND". Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Fullerton, Gareth (14 April 2018). "Irish boxer Michaela Walsh hits out at judges' decision at Commonwealth Games".
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Who are Northern Ireland's best medal hopes?". BBC Sport. 3 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "We're going for gold not holiday: Walsh siblings". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. ↑ ""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. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Walsh forced to withdraw from semi-final and settle for bronze". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.


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