Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Kellie Harrington (Boxing)

Set herself up as a medal hope at recent Olympic qualifiers

Lightweight boxer Kellie Harrington. Photograph: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Lightweight boxer Kellie Harrington. Photograph: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Age: 31

Weight: 60kg (light)

Major wins: World Championships gold 2018 (light), silver 2016 (welter)

Club: St Mary's, Dublin

Proved her ability at heavier welterweight in 2016 before dropping down to Olympic lightweight after Katie Taylor turned professional. More adept in the lighter division, she won World Championship gold in 2018 and recently showed the year of inactivity has not been detrimental. She also won the recent Olympic qualifying event in Paris to set herself up as a medal hope.

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Johnny Watterson

Johnny Watterson

Johnny Watterson is a sports writer with The Irish Times