Dean Clancy

Dean Clancy (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 has been selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Dean Clancy
Personal information
Born (2001-10-20) October 20, 2001[1]
Sligo, Ireland[2]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight
ClubSean McDermott Boxing Club[2]
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ireland
European Games
2023 Kraków PolandLight welterweight
European U22 Boxing Championships
2021 Roseto degli Abruzzi ItalyLight welterweight
European Youth Boxing Championships
2018 Italy52 kg
European Junior Boxing Championships
2017 Bulgaria52 kg

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.[3][4]

He was 13 when he won his first Irish schoolboys’ title[3][4] with his maiden international honours coming at the 2017 European Junior Championship where he took a silver medal.[3][4][5]

It was silver again at the 2018 European Youth Championships[3][4][5] 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.[3][4]

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.[3][4][6]

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.[3][4][7][8]

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.[3][4][9]

Clancy lost in the quarter-finals to Malik Hasanov from Azerbaijan at the 2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships.[10][11][12]

Clancy's Olympic place was officially confirmed when Ireland named their boxing team on 28 June 2024.[13][14]

References
  1. "Dean Clancy". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  2. "Profile of Dean Clancy". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  3. "Dean Clancy's Olympic dream has featured many twists and turns". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  4. "Dean Clancy's Olympic journey had some heartbreak along the way – but he refused to be denied". Extra. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  5. "Clancy boxes his way to Silver medal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  6. "'Dean Clancy for Tokyo 2020. You have heard it here first' – Teen talent has instant Olympic dream". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  7. "Clancy wins European gold as opponent fails to turn up". RTE. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  8. "GOLD: Deserving Dean Clancy crowned European Under-22 Champion". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  9. "Sligo's Dean Clancy part of 10-strong Ireland Olympic boxing team". Ocean FM. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  10. "Hession and Clancy's European Championship journeys come to an end". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  11. "Clancy and Hession miss out on medals at European Championships". The 42. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  12. "No joy for Irish boxers at European Championships as Dean Clancy and Adam Hession beaten in quarter-finals". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  13. "Ireland name 10-strong team for Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  14. "Ireland's boxing contingent confirmed for Paris Games". RTE. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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