Olympic Success
Katie Taylor made history in 2012 by being the first Irish woman to qualify and compete in an Olympic boxing event, in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Taylor won her Olympic debut over Great Britain's Natasha Jonas with a 26-15 score. An International Olympic Committee official said that the decibels hit 113.7 – the highest crowd levels recorded at London 2012 so far. Paddy Barnes made history in 2012 by being the first Irish boxer to ever win two Olympic Medals at two consecutive Olympics, only two Irish athletes have managed this. Michael Carruth and Katie Taylor are the only Irish boxers to ever win a gold medal in the sport. Michael Carruth won Gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and exactly 20 years to the week later, Katie Taylor won Gold at the London 2012 Olympics. The team that represented Irish boxing at the London 2012 Olympics has undoubtedly been the most successful IABA boxing Olympic Team since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The London 2012 team consisted of:
- Darren O'Neill 75 kg Paulstown BC (Team Captain)
- Adam Nolan 69 kg Bray BC
- Katie Taylor 60 kg Bray BC
- John Joe Nevin 56 kg Cavan BC
- Michael Conlan 52 kg St John Bosco Belfast BC
- Paddy Barnes 49 kg Holy Family Belfast BC
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“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
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