IRVINE Brendan

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Fly	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Light Fly	2015	Doha, QAT
9	Fly	2017	Hamburg, GER

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Fly	2017	Kharkiv, UKR

Strandja Memorial

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Fly	2021	Sofia, BUL

Wee Rooster (iaba.ie, 16 Mar 2020)

Playing computer games, reading. (the42.ie, 07 Apr 2020)

Athlete

Partner Bronagh

English

St. Paul's Amateur Boxing Club [Belfast, GBR]

Ralph McKay [club]; Zaur Antia [national], GEO; John Conlan [national], IRL

Orthodox (irish-boxing.com, 09 Apr 2016)

He suffered a torn ligament in his hand before the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. After receiving an injection to compete at the Games he went on to win silver in the flyweight category. In May 2018 he had one more bout which took place at the National Elites event in Castlebar, Ireland, where the injury flared up again, requiring surgery. He returned to competition in March 2019, but suffered a fractured foot in June that year during a training camp causing him to miss the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. In March 2020 he returned to competition at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in London, England. (the42.ie, 07 Apr 2020; irishnews.com, 17 Mar 2020; iaba.ie, 25 May 2018; bbc.com, 14 Apr 2018)

He began boxing in 2007. (aiba.org, 25 Jun 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (belfastlive.co.uk, 19 Jun 2021)

Reaching the quarterfinals in the flyweight category at the 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in London, England. "To be honest, I didn't think I was going to be able to come here. In December [2019], I wasn't walking right and now three months later I've qualified for another Olympics. My training has paid off." (irishnews.com, 17 Mar 2020)

Irish boxers Ryan Burnett, Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan, British boxer Carl Frampton. (belfastlive.co.uk, 09 Jan 2018)

He and fellow Irish boxer Kellie Harrington were named flag bearers for Ireland for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.ie, 01 Jul 2021)

He received the Best Boxer trophy at the 2014 Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Tournament in Anapa, Russian Federation. (aiba.org, 25 Jun 2015)