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Irish boxer (born 2001)
Dean ClancyOLY
Personal information
Born (2001-10-20) October 20, 2001 (age 23)
Sligo, Ireland
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight
ClubSean McDermott Boxing Club
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ireland
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków Poland Light welterweight
European U22 Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roseto degli Abruzzi Italy Light welterweight
European Youth Boxing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Italy 52 kg
European Junior Boxing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bulgaria 52 kg

Dean Clancy OLY (born 20 October 2001) is an Irish amateur boxer who won a gold medal at light welterweight at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships and bronze at the 2023 European Games. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, 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 featherweight final in November 2019.

After winning four fights in six days to reach the final at the 2021 European Under-22 Championships in Roseto degli Abruzzi, 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 light welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Poland, losing to French world champion Sofiane Oumiha in the semi-finals. The result was enough to secure him qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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

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  17. "Clancy suffers narrow defat in opening boxing bout for Team Ireland". FM104. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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