Michaela Walsh (born 5 June 1993) is an

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from Ireland who fights in the featherweight division (54 – 57 kg). Walsh is an Olympian, who competed at the

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and

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. In the

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Walsh won a silver medal in the flyweight division. At the

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she moved to

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and again won silver. In the 2022 Commonwealth games held in Birmingham, Michaela won Gold. Michaela and Aidan her brother, became the first brother and sister to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games in boxing, both qualifying in June 2021. Her brother

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is also a boxer who won gold at the

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and a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. She boxes out of Emerald boxing club in Belfast.

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Michaela Walsh
at the

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* * 1993 births Living people British women boxers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2019 European Games Boxers at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in boxing European Games silver medalists for Ireland European Games bronze medalists for Ireland Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Boxers from Belfast Irish women boxers Women boxers from Northern Ireland LGBTQ sportspeople from Northern Ireland LGBTQ boxers 21st-century sportswomen from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing {{NorthernIreland-boxing-bio-stub