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First ever Gold medal for Ireland

  • 28-11-2011 2:54pm
    #1
    boxer.fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 748 ✭✭✭


    Brian Brosnan wins gold at recent world kickboxing championships. First senior gold at WAKO's for Ireland. Seen him fight once, very impressive. Deserves a mention I think.

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2011/1127/ireland_brosnanb.html

    (edit for people on phones).

    Brosnan wins gold at World Kickboxing event

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    Ireland's Brian Brosnan became the first Irish fighter to win a gold medal in full contact kickboxing at the WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Dublin on Saturday night.

    The Galway Kickboxing Club member beat Stelyan Avramidi of Kazakhstan to claim the gold medal at -71kg by unanimous decision at the Citywest Hotel and Conference Centre.

    Brosnan said: "I can't even describe what it feels like to be world champion, I don't think it has fully sunk in yet."

    His father and coach Denis added: "He's been training since he could walk. I'm very proud of him."

    In total Ireland won six medals from at the finals.

    Three of those were silver medals in semi-contact kickboxing.

    Ireland's former world champion Robbie McMenamy lost out to Zsolt Moradi of Hungary in the final seconds of the -79kg final while Des Leonard lost his final in extra time.

    The teenager, who had made the team for the first time, looked set to cause a massive upset as he brought the match to extra time against a far more experienced fighter Italian opponent but was ultimately denied the gold.

    Ireland's youngest competitior just Ashley St Mart (16) could not hide his disappointment after losing a tough final against Laszlo Varga of Hungary.

    Niall McDermott and Shauna Bannon claimed bronze medals in the -67kg full contact and -60kg semi contact respectively.


Comments

  • #2
    Siamdragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Siamdragon


    Well Done to Brian and his Father Denis they have both been very active in the Sport for many year and I can remember brain as a small kid floating around the gym kicking the bag while his fater was training ,later as Brian grow up trained with us in our gym in thailand as have all his brothers and sisters
    Brain is a talented Kickboxer and will do well for many years to come

    well done lads the years of training payed off on to bigger and better things now in the future

    SjP Team


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