Ken Egan.
There was disappointment that Irish boxing did not improve on its medal haul at Rio 2016.
However, Irish boxing has still claimed more Olympic medals than all other Irish sports combined from the last five Olympiads and more Olympic medals than all other Irish sports combined since the concept of High Performance was launched fifteen years ago.
Moreover, courtesy of Katie Taylor, boxing delivered our only Olympic gold in all sports this century at London 2012.
The total count for Irish sport since Sydney 2000 is twelve medals.Seven of those have been won by boxers.
Likewise, boxing has claimed 58% of the Olympic medals won by Irish sport since Sydney 2000.
And Irish boxing has delivered 63% of our Olympic medals in all sports since the launch of the groundbreaking High Performance strategy in 2001.
Irish sport at the last Five Olympics
Sydney 2000
Athletics
Sonia O’Sullivan (Silver)
Athens 2004
No medals in any sport
Beijing 2008
Boxing
Ken Egan (Silver)
Darren Sutherland (Bronze)
Paddy Barnes (Bronze)
London 2012
Boxing
Katie Taylor (Gold)
John Joe Nevin (Silver)
Michael Conlan (Bronze)
Paddy Barnes (Bronze)
Athletics
Rob Heffernan (Bronze)
Equestrian
Cian O’Connor (Bronze)
Rio 2016
Rowing
Paul and Paul O’Donovan (Silver)
Sailing
Annalise Murphy (Silver)
Irish Olympic Medals By Sport This Century
Boxing: 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
Athletics: 1 silver, 1 bronze
Rowing: 1 silver
Sailing: 1 silver
Equestrian: 1 bronze