Ireland’s World Championship Medal Record

Team Ireland will contest the first-ever World Championships under the World Boxing banner in Liverpool over the next week and a half.

A 17-strong team will look to increase an impressive medal haul as the current crop of female and male Irish number ones compete side by side in a World Championships for the first time.

The O’Rourke sisters Lisa and Aoife where Ireland’s big success story last time out, becoming the first siblings to secure silver medals at the same tournament.

The younger of the two, Aoife O’Rourke and Amy Broadhurst, are Ireland’s most recent gold medal winners at the grade. Michael Conlan is Ireland’s only World Championship gold medal winner and Joe Ward’s 2017 silver in Hamburg is Ireland’s last male podium finish.

Katie Taylor is Ireland’s most successful World Championships competitor, with five gold and one bronze medal in her collection.

Below is a list of all our World Elite Championship medal winners.

Ireland’s Medal Winners at World Men’s Championships

1982 Munich
71kg Tommy Corr (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 15th

1989 Moscow
63.5kg Michael Carruth (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 10th

1993 Tampere
51kg Damaen Kelly (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 15th

1997 Budapest
81kg Stephen Kirk (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 14th

2001 Belfast
67kg James Moore (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 12th

2009 Milan
54kg John Joe Nevin (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 14th

2011 Baku
56kg John Joe Nevin (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 14th

2013 Almaty
75kg Jason Quigley (Silver)
81kg Joe Ward (Bronze)
Medals table:Joint 6th

2015 Doha
56kg Michael Conlan (Gold)
81kg Joe Ward (Silver)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Bronze)
Medals table: 4th

2017 Hamburg
81kg Joe Ward (Silver)
Medals table: 9th

Total: Gold 1, Silver 3, Bronze 9

Ireland’s Medal Winners at World Women’s Championships

New Delhi 2006
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)
Medals Table: Joint 6th

Ningbo 2008
60kg: Katie Taylor (Gold)
Medals Table:Joint 7th

Barbados 2010
60kg: Katie Taylor (Gold)
Medals table:Joint 6th

Qinhuangdao 2012
60kg; Katie Taylor (Gold)
Medals Table:Joint 5th

Jeju 2014
60kg: Katie Taylor (Gold)
Medals table: Joint 5th

Astana 2016
64kg Kellie Harrington (Silver)
60kg Katie Taylor (Bronze)
Medals table: Joint 7th

New Delhi 2018

Kellie Harrington (Gold)

Istanbul 2022

Amy Broadhurst (Gold)

Lisa O’Rourke (Gold)

Astana 2025

Lisa O’Rourke (Silver)

Aoife O’Rourke (Silver)