Dean Clancy (born 20 October 2001) is an Irish

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who won a gold medal at

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at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships and bronze at the

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. He competed at the

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Biography

Having started boxing aged eight, Clancy had his first exhibition bout at nine-years-old during which he stopped his opponent in round two. He was 13 when he won his first Irish schoolboys’ title with his maiden international honours coming at the 2017 European Junior Championship where he took a silver medal. It was silver again at the 2018 European Youth Championships before a fourth-place finish at the

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, Argentina, where he lost a box-off for the bronze medal against England's Hopey Price. Only weeks after his 18th birthday, Clancy won his first Irish national elite title, defeating Patryk Adamus via split decision in the

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final in November 2019. After winning four fights in six days to reach the final at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships in

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, Italy, including beating number 3 seed Nenad Javanovic of Serbia, Clancy won gold when his opponent for the decider, Ahmad Shtiwi from Israel, failed to show-up due to injury therefore handing him the victory by walkover. Moving into senior international competition, he won a bronze medal in the

division at the

in Poland, losing to French world champion

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in the semi-finals. The result was enough to secure him qualification for the

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. Clancy lost in the quarter-finals to Malik Hasanov from Azerbaijan at the 2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Clancy's Olympic place was officially confirmed when Ireland named their boxing team on 28 June 2024. He was drawn to fight Obada Al-Kasbeh from Jordan in the first round on the opening day of the boxing tournament, losing by 3-2 split decision despite his opponent being given a point deduction.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clancy, Dean Living people 2001 births Irish male boxers Light-welterweight boxers European Games bronze medalists for Ireland European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Irish sportsmen