Irish Magno

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Irish Magno
Born (1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 32)
Nationality Filipino
Statistics
Weight class Bantamweight
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Stance Orthodox
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing the Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Cambodia Bantamweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Philippines Flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Singapore Flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Naypyidaw Bantamweight

Irish Magno (born July 27, 1991) [1] is a Filipino amateur boxer who has represented the Philippines in international amateur competitions including the Asian Games and the World Championships. She has also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female Filipino boxer to qualify for the Games. She did not win for her country but managed to get to the second round for her weight category.

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Education

In 2020, Magno was pursuing a bachelor's degree in criminology at the University of Baguio. [2]

Career

Magno's boxing career started when she was 16 years old. While watching amateur boxers train at the town plaza of her hometown of Janiuay, Iloilo, she was approached by a coach. [3] [4] The coach encouraged her to try out boxing due to her height. Prior to that time, Magno had an impression that boxing is exclusively for men. She competed at the National Open, Youth and Women's Amateur Boxing Championship which was hosted in Iloilo, learning that she would be competing in the national championship only three days prior. She was eliminated in the first round, with her opponent being Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Annie Albania. [3]

She joined the Philippine national boxing team and moved to Manila upon learning that boxing could support her education due to her family's financial situation, with her mother being a housewife and her father a carpenter. Magno also had an older sister who was pursuing her collegiate studies. [3] The opportunity to support her family financially is what kept Magno from quitting boxing. [4]

Magno's first gold medal in an international competition was won at the 2012 Taipei Open in Taiwan. [5] She has also regularly participated in the Southeast Asian Games, representing the Philippines in the 2013, 2015, and 2019 editions. Her silver medal in the women's flyweight division was in the 2019 games was her best finish in the Southeast Asian Games. She lost to Vietnam's Nguyễn Thị Tâm in that event's final. [2] [6]

In the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta–Palembang, she competed in the bantamweight division. [7]

She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in March 2020 via the Asia/Oceania qualifiers held in Jordan. Magno became the first-ever female boxer representing the Philippines to qualify for the Olympics. [2] However the Olympics itself was postponed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and had to train virtually with her national coaches from her hometown in Janiuay, Iloilo [8] where she also decided to set up a boxing clinic. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birthday girl Irish Magno's Iloilo homecoming spoiled by flight snag". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. July 27, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Lobien, Pigeon (March 17, 2020). "Magno driven to make good Olympic presence". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Panaligan, Marisse (August 27, 2020). "Meet Irish Magno: The first Filipina boxer to qualify for the Olympics". GMA News. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Lozada, Bong (July 18, 2021). "Magno goes from nearly quitting boxing to Olympian". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ Reyes, Marc Anthony (November 6, 2020). "'Blue' Magno seeks gold, old training routine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ Naredo, Camille (December 9, 2019). "SEA Games: Irish Magno, Riza Pasuit settle for silver in women's boxing". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gasgonia, Dennis (August 14, 2018). "Asian Games: Pinay boxers looking for breakthrough exude quiet confidence". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ Verzosa, Pauline (October 7, 2020). "Pandemic weighs down Filipina boxer Irish Magno's Olympic dream". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ Abad, Annie (October 13, 2020). "Magno teaches boxing while training in Janiuay". BusinessMirror.
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