Ioan Croft

Ioan Croft
Born	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 23) [1] Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2]
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight
Stance	Southpaw [3]
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing   Wales European Championships 2022 Yerevan Welterweight Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Men's welterweight

Ioan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer. ^[4]

Both twins, who come from Crymych, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales. ^[5] At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze. ^[6]

Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight. ^[7] Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout. ^[7]

References

1. "Ioan CROFT". Birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
2. Hughes, Adam (16 November 2021). "Crymych's Croft boxing twins win medals in Macedonia". Western Telegraph . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. "BoxRec: Ioan Croft". BoxRec . Retrieved 7 August 2022.
4. Lewis, Mike (29 May 2022). "Bronze medal for Ioan Croft at European Championships in Armenia". Tivyside Advertiser. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
5. "New S4C documentary follows Team Wales athletes as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games". Nation Cymru. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
6. "Gemau'r Gymanwlad: Aur ac efydd yn y bocsio i ddau frawd o Sir Benfro". S4C (in Welsh). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
7. Jon Doel (28 July 2022). "'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

External links

• Boxing record for Ioan Croft from BoxRec (registration required)
• Ioan Croft at Team Wales
• Ioan Croft at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games