Ioan Croft is a Welsh

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who won a bronze medal at the

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. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer. Both twins, who come from

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, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an

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television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales. At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze. Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight. Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout.

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* * * Living people Welsh male boxers Welterweight boxers Southpaw boxers Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales 21st-century Welsh people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2001 births 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{Wales-boxing-bio-stub