Dean Clancy

Dean Clancy OLY (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 competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Dean Clancy

OLY

Personal information
Born	(2001-10-20) October 20, 2001 (age 23)[1] Sligo, Ireland[2]
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight
Club	Sean McDermott Boxing Club[2]
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Ireland European Games 2023 Kraków Poland Light welterweight European U22 Boxing Championships 2021 Roseto degli Abruzzi Italy Light welterweight European Youth Boxing Championships 2018 Italy 52 kg European Junior Boxing Championships 2017 Bulgaria 52 kg

Biography

Having 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] He was drawn to fight Obada Al-Kasbeh from Jordan in the first round on the opening day of the boxing tournament,^[15] losing by 3-2 split decision despite his opponent being given a point deduction.^[16][17][18]

He was selected to represent Ireland in the 65 kg category at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, in September 2025.^[19] After receiving a bye in the first round,^[20] Clancy defeated Ihlasbek Kochkarov from Turkmenistan by unanimous decision in his opening bout.^[21][22] But his competition ended in the round-of-16 with a unanimous decision defeat to Georgia's 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, Lasha Guruli.^[23]