O'ROURKE Aoife

Ireland

Boxing

Date of Birth: 2 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of residence : IRELAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Women's Middle (69-75kg)	9

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 16 #133 IRL O'ROURKE AO'ROURKE Aoife 0 CHN LI QLI Qian 5 WP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Middle	2018	New Delhi, IND

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2019	Madrid, ESP
5	Middle	2019	Minsk, BLR

Strandja Memorial

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Middle	2021	Sofia, BUL
3	Middle	2020	Sofia, BUL

Golden Belt

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2018	Iasi, ROU

Nickname:

Aoif (Castlerea BC Facebook page, 05 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Castlerea Boxing Club [Ireland]

Coach:

Paddy Sharkey [club]

Hand:

Orthodox (boxrec.com, 07 Jun 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Lisa Edel O'Rourke has represented Ireland in boxing, winning bronze in the middleweight category at the 2019 European Youth Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Jun 2021; roscommonpeople.ie, 11 Jun 2021)

Start:

She began boxing at about age 18 at Castlerea Boxing Club in Ireland. (roscommonpeople.ie, 11 Jun 2021; irish-boxing.com, 29 Jan 2019)

Reason:

She was encouraged to pursue boxing seriously by coach Paddy Sharkey. "I only went for fitness [at the start] and then I don't know what happened." (roscommonpeople.ie, 11 Jun 2021; irish-boxing.com, 29 Jan 2019)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (roscommonpeople.ie, 11 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 10 Jun 2021)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Instagram profile, 10 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
She secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through her performance at the 2021 European Qualifying Event in Paris, France. (iaba.ie, 06 Jun 2021)

General
LATE BLOOMER
She has been coached by Paddy Sharkey since she took up the sport at age 18 at Castlerea Boxing Club in Ireland. "Since the first day she came in here she was so dedicated and focused. She trains so hard and she has the talent too. I knew straight away that she would be good. I remember when she had just started we went down to a club in Mayo [Ireland] and told them that she was only a novice - they got some shock when they saw her in action. I was talking to Bernard Dunne [former professional Irish boxer] a few years ago and told him we had a girl in the club that was going to win an Olympic medal. That's how confident I was about her ability," Paddy said. (roscommonpeople.ie, 11 Jun 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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