TEAM IRELAND DUE HOME TODAY – SAMSUN OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS

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Team Ireland are due home from the European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey this afternoon via Dublin Airport.

The squad flew from Samsun to Istanbul this morning and arrive home through Terminal 1 (Flight TK 1977) at 3.35pm.

Brendan Irvine and David Oliver Joyce qualified for Rio 2016 in Samsun and Katie Taylor won her 3rd and 4th place box-off.

All three secured bronze.

Thirty men and six women qualified for Rio in Samsun, with Great Britain topping the qualification table with nine through to Rio.

 

 

Boxers qualified from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from Samsun

– Great Britain: 9 quota places

– Azerbaijan: 5 quota places

– Armenia: 4 quota places

– Italy, France, Turkey: 3 quota places

– Ireland, Lithuania: 2 quota places

– Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden: 1 quota place

 

List of all qualified boxers in Samsun

Women’s 51 kg: Nicola Adams, Great Britain

Women’s 51 kg: Stanimira Petrova, Bulgaria

Women’s 60 kg: Yana Alekseevna, Azerbaijan

Women’s 60 kg: Irma Testa, Italy

Women’s 75 kg: Anna Laurell, Sweden

Women’s 75 kg: Iaroslava Iakushina, Russia

Men’s 49 kg: Galal Yafai, Great Britain

Men’s 49 kg: Artur Hovhannisyan, Armenia

Men’s 49 kg: Manuel Cappai, Italy

Men’s 52 kg: Muhammad Ali, Great Britain

Men’s 52 kg: Narek Abgaryan, Armenia

Men’s 52 kg: Brendan Irvine, Ireland

Men’s 56 kg: Javid Chalabiyev, Azerbaijan

Men’s 56 kg: Qais Ashfaq, Great Britain

Men’s 56 kg: Aram Avagyan, Armenia

Men’s 60 kg: Sofiane Oumiha, France

Men’s 60 kg: Joseph Cordina, Great Britain

Men’s 60 kg: David Oliver Joyce, Ireland

Men’s 64 kg: Lorenzo Sotomayor, Azerbaijan

Men’s 64 kg: Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania

Men’s 64 kg: Batuhan Gozgec, Turkey

Men’s 69 kg: Eimantas Stanionis, Lithuania

Men’s 69 kg: Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy

Men’s 69 kg: Vladimir Margaryan, Armenia

Men’s 75 kg: Christian Mbilli Assomo, France

Men’s 75 kg: Zoltan Harcsa, Hungary

Men’s 75 kg: Anthony Fowler, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Joshua Buatsi, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Peter Mullenberg, Netherlands

Men’s 81 kg: Nadir Mehmet Unal, Turkey

Men’s 91 kg: Lawrence Okolie, Great Britain

Men’s 91 kg: Paul Omba Biongolo, France

Men’s 91 kg: Abdulkadir Abdullayev, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Joseph Joyce, Great Britain

Men’s +91 kg: Mahammadrasul Majidov, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Ali Eren Demirezen, Turkeynzo Sotomayor, Azerbaijan

Men’s 64 kg: Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania

Men’s 64 kg: Batuhan Gozgec, Turkey

Men’s 69 kg: Eimantas Stanionis, Lithuania

Men’s 69 kg: Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy

Men’s 69 kg: Vladimir Margaryan, Armenia

Men’s 75 kg: Christian Mbilli Assomo, France

Men’s 75 kg: Zoltan Harcsa, Hungary

Men’s 75 kg: Anthony Fowler, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Joshua Buatsi, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Peter Mullenberg, Netherlands

Men’s 81 kg: Nadir Mehmet Unal, Turkey

Men’s 91 kg: Lawrence Okolie, Great Britain

Men’s 91 kg: Paul Omba Biongolo, France

Men’s 91 kg: Abdulkadir Abdullayev, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Joseph Joyce, Great Britain

Men’s +91 kg: Mahammadrasul Majidov, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Ali Eren Demirezen, Turkey

 

 

European Olympic Qualifiers Samsun, Turkey

April 9th

Preliminaries

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) beat Erik Agataljan (Czech Republic) 3-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Simen Nysater (Norway) 3-0

April 11th

Last 16

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Virginia Barankas (Hungary) 3-0

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Hamza Touba (Germany) 3-0

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) 1-2

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Martina Schmoranzova (Czech Republic) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Nouchka Fontijan (Netherlands) 2-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mahammadrausl Majidor (Azerbaijan) 0-3

April 12th

Last 16

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) lost to Ilari Kijala (Finland) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Gabriel Richards (Sweden) TKO1

April 13th

Q/Finals

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) lost to Tetyna Kob (Ukraine) 1-2

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Ellie Konki (France) 2-1

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Yvonne Rasmussen (Denmark) 3-0

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Vazgen Sufaryants (Belarus) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) lost to Petra Scatmari (Hungary) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 1-2

April 15th

S/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) 0-3
52kg Muhammad Ali (Great Britain) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0
(Abargyan, Ali and Irvine qualify for Rio)

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) lost to Yana Alexseevna (Azerbaijan) 0-3
60kg Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) lost to Irma Tessa (Italy) 1-2
(Alexseevna and Tessa qualify for Rio. Taylor finishes third, Staneva fourth)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Joe Cordina (Great Britain) 0-3
60kg Sofiane Oumiha (France) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 3-0
(Cordina,Oumiha and Joyce qualify for Rio)

April 16th

Box-off for Rio 2016 place

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0

April 17th

Box off for Rio 2016 place

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 2-1

Box off for 3rd and 4th position

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) 3-0

Irish squad

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)

60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)

75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans)

Male

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (AIBA Pro Boxing)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Joesphs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Joe Hennigan

Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physiotherapist: Julianne Ryan
Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
Doctor: Jim Clover
Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton