On This Day: June 10th
2005: A 23 year old Kenny Egan won his first of three EU gold medals with a come-from-behind victory in Sardinia.
Neilstown’s Egan trailed Croatia’s Marijo Å ivolija (who would win WorldĀ silver later that year) by five points after the first round, but roared back across the remaining three rounds to take a 48:37 win.
It was a second international medal for Egan who had taken silver at the inaugural edition of the tournament in Strasbourg in 2003.
Afterwards Egan said that “I am delighted with the win. I picked my shots from round two and showed great form and fitness to beat a top fighter.”
En-rote to the final Egan beat France’s Kevin Piquet and Turkey’s Yildirim Tarhan by the old 15-point rule before defeating Hungarian Istvan Szucs 28:18 in the semi-final.
