Michaela Walsh (boxer)

Michaela Walsh (born 5 June 1993) is an amateur boxer from Ireland who fights in the featherweight division (54 – 57 kg). Walsh is an Olympian, who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Michaela Walsh
Born	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 32)[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight Featherweight
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  Ireland European Games 2019 Minsk Featherweight 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Featherweight European Championships 2018 Sofia Featherweight 2022 Budva Featherweight European Union Championships 2017 Cascia Bantamweight Representing  Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Featherweight 2014 Glasgow Flyweight 2018 Gold Coast Featherweight

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Walsh won a silver medal in the flyweight division.^[3] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she moved to featherweight and again won silver.^[3] In the 2022 Commonwealth games held in Birmingham, Michaela won Gold.^[3][4]

Michaela and Aidan her brother, became the first brother and sister to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games in boxing, both qualifying in June 2021.

Her brother Aidan is also a boxer who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5][6]

She boxes out of Emerald boxing club in Belfast.^[7]