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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold for Ireland as Aoife O'Rourke crowned world champion in Liverpool". RTE. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Gold for Aoife O'Rourke at the World Boxing Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "O'Rourke sisters lose World Boxing Championships finals". RTE. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Sisters Aoife and Lisa O'Rourke settle for silver at World Boxing Championships". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Aoife O'Rourke secures gold at European championship". rte.ie. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Aoife O'Rourke crowned European middleweight champion in Madrid". Extra. September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Kellie Harrington, Aoife O'Rourke and Amy Broadhurst win gold medals at Elite European Championship finals". Irish Independent. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "European Boxing Championship RECAP as Kellie Harrington, Amy Broadhurst and Aoife O'Rourke all win gold". Irish Mirror. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Golden girl: Aoife O'Rourke is European champion again!". Irish Boxing. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "O'Rourke and Çakıroğlu become three-time champions at European Boxing Championships". International Boxing Association. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Aoife O'Rourke's birthday bout brings Ireland's European Games medal tally to 13". Irish Times. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Aoife O'Rourke and Amy Wall triumph at European Games". Rte. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Aoife O'Rourke suffers cruel Olympic exit". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "'I definitely didn't underestimate her one bit': Aoife O'Rourke suffers shock exit to familiar foe in Paris". Irish News. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Aoife O'Rourke at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- Aoife O'Rourke at Olympics.com
- Aoife O'Rourke at Olympedia
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