Aoife O'Rourke
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| Full name | Aoife O'Rourke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Castlerea Boxing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aoife O'Rourke (born 2 July 1997) is an Irish amateur boxer. She won a gold medal in the 75kg category at the 2025 World Boxing Championships[1][2] and a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 2025 IBA Women's World Championships.[3][4] O'Rourke also won gold medals in the same weight category at the 2019,[5] [6] 2022,[7][8] and 2024 European championships[9] [10] as well at the 2023 European Games.[11] [12] She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics but lost in the first round.[13][14]
O'Rourke's sister Lisa is also a boxer and won gold at the 2022 World Championships in the light middleweight division. In 2025, the sisters made boxing history, by becoming the first sisters to win through to contest a World Championship final in the same tournament.[15] Also in 2025, the sisters won gold at the World Hyrox Championships in Chicago.[16]
