Dean Clancy (born 20 October 2001) is an Irish amateur boxer who won a gold medal at light welterweight at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships and bronze at the 2023 European Games. He has been selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | October 20, 2001[1] Sligo, Ireland[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sean McDermott Boxing Club[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editHaving started boxing aged eight, Clancy had his first exhibition bout at nine-years-old during which he stopped his opponent in round two.[3][4]
He was 13 when he won his first Irish schoolboys’ title[3][4] with his maiden international honours coming at the 2017 European Junior Championship where he took a silver medal.[3][4][5]
It was silver again at the 2018 European Youth Championships[3][4][5] before a fourth-place finish at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lost a box-off for the bronze medal against England's Hopey Price.[3][4]
Only weeks after his 18th birthday, Clancy won his first Irish national elite title, defeating Patryk Adamus via split decision in the featherweight final in November 2019.[3][4][6]
After winning four fights in six days to reach the final at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, including beating number 3 seed Nenad Javanovic of Serbia, Clancy won gold when his opponent for the decider, Ahmad Shtiwi from Israel, failed to show-up due to injury therefore handing him the victory by walkover.[3][4][7][8]
Moving into senior international competition, he won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Poland, losing to French world champion Sofiane Oumiha in the semi-finals. The result was enough to secure him qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[3][4][9]
Clancy lost in the quarter-finals to Malik Hasanov from Azerbaijan at the 2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships.[10][11][12]
Clancy's Olympic place was officially confirmed when Ireland named their boxing team on 28 June 2024.[13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Dean Clancy". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ a b c "Profile of Dean Clancy". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Dean Clancy's Olympic dream has featured many twists and turns". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Dean Clancy's Olympic journey had some heartbreak along the way – but he refused to be denied". Extra. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ a b "Clancy boxes his way to Silver medal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "'Dean Clancy for Tokyo 2020. You have heard it here first' – Teen talent has instant Olympic dream". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Clancy wins European gold as opponent fails to turn up". RTE. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "GOLD: Deserving Dean Clancy crowned European Under-22 Champion". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Sligo's Dean Clancy part of 10-strong Ireland Olympic boxing team". Ocean FM. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Hession and Clancy's European Championship journeys come to an end". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Clancy and Hession miss out on medals at European Championships". The 42. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "No joy for Irish boxers at European Championships as Dean Clancy and Adam Hession beaten in quarter-finals". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Ireland name 10-strong team for Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ "Ireland's boxing contingent confirmed for Paris Games". RTE. Retrieved 2024-06-28.