Darren O'Neill

Darren O'Neill
Medal record
Competitor for  Ireland
Men’s Boxing
World Golden Gloves Championships
Gold 2013 Waldorf, USA Light-heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver 2010 Moscow Middleweight
European Union Amateur Championships
Silver 2014 Sofia Light-heavyweight
Gold 2009 Odense Middleweight

Darren O'Neill is an Irish boxer from Paulstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He captained Ireland's boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1]

Boxing

O'Neill claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels. Finished second at light-heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind Kenneth Egan. O'Neill has since won four national middleweight championships where he has excelled since switching. He lost to Darren Sutherland on a questionable decision in 2008. 2009 European union champion and 2010 European silver medalist. In the 2010 European championships he defeated four opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final.[2] He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships.[3] He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he again captained the Irish boxing team.[1] He bore the flag for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hogan, Vincent (2 August 2012). "Darren O'Neill's Olympic dream over after losing to 'awkward' German". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Barnes takes gold, O'Neill settles for silver". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 12 June 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  3. ↑ O'Neill, Michael (15 June 2011). "Darren O'Neill captains Irish boxers". Sports News Ireland. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

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