Brendan Irvine
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| Born | Brendan Emmet Irvine 17 May 1996 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Weerooster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Emmet Irvine (born 17 May 1996), nicknamed the "Wee Rooster",[1] is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast. He won a silver medal in the men's 49 kg division at the 2015 European Games, becoming the first ever medalist for Ireland at the Games.[2][3] He moved up to the 52 kg weight class in 2016, winning another Irish senior title and also competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. In 2017 Irvine won another major medal for Ireland for the European championships finishing in top 3 taking away a bronze medal. The next year he went in to the CWG in the Gold Coast Australia bagging another sliver medal for NI. Inactive for 2019 with a few injury’s he came back hungry as ever and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo beating a tricky boxer from Hungary in the Europeans Olympic qualifier taking him to the top 8 spot.
References
- ^ "Brendan Irvine". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Heartbroken Brendan Irvine: I thought I did enough to win the gold". Irish Independent. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Brendan Irvine claims silver medal after losing European Games final on split decision". Irish Mirror. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
External links
- Brendan Irvine at AIBA.org (archived)
- Brendan Emmet Irvine at Olympics.com
- Brendan Emmet Irvine at Olympics.com
- Brendan Irvine at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Brendan Irvine on Twitter
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- European Games silver medalists for Ireland
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