Ireland will be back in the hunt for European Elite medals in Spain next month.
The 2019 European Women’s Championships, the 12th edition of the tournament since the inaugural competition in France in 2001, begins in Alcobendas City in the suburbs of Madrid on August 22.
Click this link for invitation from the Spanish Boxing Federation.
Athletes will compete across ten limits – 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 81+ kg – including the five Olympic weights of fly (51kg), feather (57kg), light (60kg), welter (69kg) and middle (75kg) for women in the Spanish capital.
So far, Ireland has claimed ten medals, including an incredible six on the bounce for Olympic champion and current unified pro titlist Katie Taylor between 2005 and 2014.
Clare Grace, Christina Desmond, current World Elite champion Kellie Harrington and Michaela Walsh have also medalled at this level.
Irish boxing lies in 7th position in the all-time European Women’s Elite Championships medals table.
Ireland at the European Women’s Elite Championships
2005: Tonsberg, Norway
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
Medals Table Finish – 7th
2006: Warsaw, Poland
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
Medals Table Finish – 8th
2007: Vejle, Denmark
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
Medals Table Finish –8th
2009: Mykolaiv, Ukraine
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
Medals Table Finish – 7th
2011: Rotterdam, Netherlands
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
Medals Table Finish – 6th
2014: Bucharest, Romania
60kg Katie Taylor Gold
69kg Clare Grace Bronze
Medals Table Finish – 6th
2016: Sofia, Bulgaria
75kg Christina Desmond Bronze
Medals Table Finish – 14th
2018: Sofia, Bulgaria
57kg Michaela Walsh Bronze
60kg Kellie Harrington Bronze
Medals Table Finish – 9th
(Total: 6 gold and 4 bronze)