Kellie Harrington

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Kellie Harrington
Podio Olimpico (boxe, feminino) (cropped - Harrington).jpg
Harrington (centre) on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics podium
Personal information
Full nameKellie Anne Harrington
NationalityIrish
Born (1989-12-11) 11 December 1989 (age 34)
Dublin, Ireland
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Lightweight (60 kg)
Light welterweight (64 kg)
ClubSt Mary's Boxing Club
(Tallaght, Dublin)
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Lightweight
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 New Delhi Lightweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Astana Light welterweight
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Lightweight [1]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Minsk Lightweight
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budva Lightweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Sofia Lightweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Belgrade Lightweight
European Union Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Cascia Lightweight

Kellie Anne Harrington (born 11 December 1989) [2] is an Irish amateur boxer, amateur World champion and an Olympic gold medallist.

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She was a silver medalist in the light welterweight division at the 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships. She won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships and won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 8 August 2021.

Career

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Harrington and Emmet Brennan returning from the 2020 Olympics

She won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2017 Women's European Union Boxing Championships and a bronze at the 2018 Women's European Boxing Championships. [3] [4]

She won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships. She was the silver medallist in the light welterweight division at the 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships. [5]

2020 Summer Olympics

Harrington won the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, by defeating Caroline Dubois on a split decision in the final. [6]

Harrington was part of the Ireland team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of the flag bearers for Ireland at the opening ceremony on 23 July. [7] She competed in the lightweight division of the boxing competition. In her first fight, she defeated Rebecca Nicoli 5–0 to advance to the quarter-finals, [8] where she then defeated Imane Khelif 5–0 to guarantee at least a bronze medal. [9] In her semi-final on 5 August, Harrington defeated Sudaporn Seesondee 3–2 to advance to the final. [10] [11] [12] In her final on 8 August, Harrington defeated Beatriz Ferreira 5–0 winning the gold medal, becoming Ireland's third Olympic boxing champion. [13] President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin congratulated Harrington on her win, along with Katie Taylor and Michael Carruth. [14] [15]

Recognition

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Banner in support of Harrington, Arbour Hill

For International Women's Day in 2022, An Post launched a stamp collection of Irish sports women which featured Harrington and others. [16]

Harrington was joint grand marshal with Ellen Keane at the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade on 17 March 2022. [17]

In 2022, she was awarded the freedom of Dublin city. [18]

Personal life

Harrington is from Dublin's north inner city and is a member of St. Mary's Boxing Club, Tallaght. [19] At age 15, she developed an interest in boxing, and attempted to join the local boxing club, only to be told that they would not accept girls. [20] But Harrington persisted, was eventually admitted, and made rapid progress in her boxing career. [20]

She has stated that she intends to return to her part-time cleaning job at St Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital in Dublin, regardless of her result at the Olympics. [21]

Harrington has been in a relationship with Mandy Loughlin since 2009 after meeting her through boxing. [22] This made her one of at least 180 openly gay athletes at the 2020 Olympic games. [23] They married in Dublin on 8 April 2022. [24]

In October 2022, Harrington released her autobiography called Kellie which was written with Roddy Doyle. [25]

On 2 April 2023, Harrington announced her withdrawal from social media following a backlash as a result of a tweet from GB News relating to immigration, which she shared and subsequently deleted. She refused to address the issue in a subsequent Newstalk interview, [26] but later issued a statement and an apology. [27]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kellie Harrington claims gold with victory at the European Games". The Irish Times . 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Kellie Harrington Irish Athletic Boxing Association profile, Retrieved 10 November 2018
  3. ↑ "Kellie Harrington settles for silver at the European Union Boxing Championship". The Irish Times . 12 August 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Harrington and Walsh win bronze medals at European Championships". The Irish Times . 11 June 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "'I'm numb' - Ecstatic Kellie Harrington wins World Championships gold". RTÉ . 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Caroline Dubois takes silver at European qualifying event for Tokyo Games". South London Press. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Brendan Irvine and Kellie Harrington carry Irish flag at opening ceremony". Irish Times. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Classy Harrington strolls into quarter-finals". RTE Sport. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kellie Harrington wins quarter-final to secure Olympic bronze medal". The 42. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Kellie Harrington wins Olympic boxing semi-final in Tokyo". The 42. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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  14. ↑ "President Michael D. Higgins congratulates 'inspiration' Kellie Harrington". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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  17. ↑ O'Donoghue, Conor (2 March 2022). "Olympic heros Ellen Keane And Kellie Harrington will be Grand Marshals for the St Patrick's Day Parade". The Irish Post . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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