Team Ireland has concluded a 13-day pre-Paris training camp in the German Olympic Training Centre in Saarbrucken today, and are en route home.
The 10 strong team, the largest Team Ireland Boxing Team since Rome of 1960, trained with the hosts, USA, India, Cuba, Mongolia, Nigeria, Australia, Philippines, Sweden and Belgium.
The camp took place less than 2 hours drive from the French women’s camp. To take advantage of that, and expand the pool of sparring partners, the women’s squad travelled there for sparring on July 8th, and the men on July 11th – facilitating sparring with France, Turkey, Ecuador and Uzbekistan.
The team will have light training over the next couple of days, and spend time with family, and reconvene at the weekend. They depart for Paris on Monday.
Boxing is Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, boasting 18 of our 38 medals – and Team Ireland Paris 2024 is one of only three countries in the world to have qualified women at all 6 Olympic weights. That’s a remarkable achievement, given this is only the 4th Olympiad at which women may box.
Games Schedule
The draw takes place on July 25th, and boxing begins on July 27th. August 5th is a rest day, and finals will be boxed across August 6th to 10th.
Boxing will take place at two locations: the North Paris Arena from July 27th to August 3rd, and Roland Garros Stadium from August 4th to 10th.
The schedule, in full, is available here
Team Ireland: Paris 2024
Kellie Harrington (Dublin) Women’s 60kg
Aidan Walsh (Belfast) Men’s 71kg
Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) Women’s -75kg
Daina Moorehouse (Bray) Women’s -50kg
Dean Clancy (Sligo) Men’s 63.5kg
Grainne Walsh (Tullamore) Women’s -66kg
Jude Gallagher (Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone) Men’s -57kg
Jennifer Lehane (Ashbourne, Co. Meath) Women’s -54kg
Jack Marley (Sallynoggin, Dublin) Men’s -92kg
Michaela Walsh (Belfast) Women’s -57kg
Staff:
Tricia Heberle – Performance Director & Team Leader
Zauri Antia – Head Coach
Damian Kennedy – Coach
Lynne McEnery – Coach
James Doyle – Coach
Jim Clover – Doctor
Lorcan McGee – Physio
Paula Fitzpatrick – Physiologist