Aidan Walsh (boxer)
Irish boxer (born 1997)
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Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish boxer.
NationalityIrish
Born28 March 1997
Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weightwelterweight
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 28 March 1997 Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | welterweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Switch |
Walsh trains at Holy Family ABC, Belfast. His sister is Olympic boxer Michaela Walsh.
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]
He lost in the first round at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, going down 4:0 to Makan Traoré from France.[8][9]
