Gerry Storey

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Gerry Storey MBE (born 1936, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a boxing trainer who has coached the Irish Olympic Boxing Team on four occasions. [1]

Storey is the head coach of the Holy Family Boxing Club in North Belfast. [2] Storey and the club were featured in the BBC documentary Fight Town in 2003, and the club also appeared in the Daniel Day-Lewis film The Boxer . [3] [4] Storey has trained many boxers including Hugh Russell, Neil Sinclair, Barry McGuigan, Paddy Barnes and Carl Frampton.[ citation needed ]

McGuigan was training by Storey from the age of 14 through to his Olympic and Commonwealth bids, and claims Storey's club is the "most successful boxing club in the country". [4] Storey's son Sam was also an accomplished amateur boxer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 1986 Commonwealth Games and won the British Supermiddleweight title as a professional. [4] [5]

Storey's work has helped to bridge the sectarian divide in Belfast, as he trains both Catholics and Protestants. [4] [6] During the 1981 Irish hunger strike he was asked by Loyalist and Republican prisoners to oversee boxing training in the Maze Prison gymnasium. [2] As a result of his work he won the Sport For Good award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Estoril, Portugal on 16 May 2005. Storey received his award from Barry McGuigan and Marvin Hagler, and was the first Irish sportsperson to win a Laureus award. [1] Storey was honoured by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association for his contribution to the sport in Dublin on 2 February 2007. [7]

Storey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours, "for services to Boxing in Northern Ireland". [8]

He was married to Belle for many years and has three sons and one daughter. His sons Gerry Junior and Sam were successful boxers. [9] [10] [11]

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  2. 1 2 Alex McGreevy (17 May 2005). "Storey receives prestigious Laureus Award". Irish Boxing. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  3. ↑ "The unglamorous side of boxing is explored on BBC World Service". BBC. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Alan Hubbard (21 May 2006). "Boxing: Storey gives peace fighting chance". The Independent . Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  5. ↑ Bernard O'Neill (2 January 2007). "Irish Legends honoured at finals". SecondsOut.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  6. ↑ Kathleen Nutt (9 July 2000). "Fighting the good fight". The Sunday Herald . Retrieved 17 February 2007.
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  9. ↑ Jack Magowan, 'Boxing: Success Storey that's a real family affair ...'. Belfast Telegraph, 21 May 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2024
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  11. ↑ Johnny Morton, 'Loan spell has made Irish League youngster fall in love with football once again - and helped get him back in the boxing ring with fight in America scheduled for next month'. News Letter, 23 February 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024


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