The Olympic Champion comes from Dublin's inner-city
Kellie Harrington is back in an Olympic Gold medal match on Tuesday against Yang Wenlu, three years after her original Olympic triumph in Tokyo.
She recently went on a 32-fight win streak, finishing with a loss to Natalia Shadrina in April at the World Championships in Belgrade.Who Is Kellie Harrington? Kellie Harrington is a champion boxer from Dublin's north inner-city. Fighting out of St Mary's Boxing Club in Tallaght, the Dubliner won Olympic gold for Ireland at Tokyo 2020.
The boxer has a number of other medals to her name, Gold medaling at the 2018 World Championships, the 2023 European Games, and the 2022 European Championships, as well as numerous Silver and Bronze medals at the European Championships, and European Union Championships.Who is Harrington married to? Harrington has been in a relationship with Mandy Loughlin since 2009 after meeting her through boxing in Bray.
Who is Harrington's family? Harrington was born to parents Yvonne and Christy. She is the second oldest child in the family and has three brothers, Christopher, Aaron, and Joel. Her Father and two of her brothers travelled to France to watch Kellie in the games. When is Harrington fighting next? Harrington will fight China's Yang Wenlu in the 60kg women's division final. Despite all of her fights in Paris taking place at the Paris North Arena, the Final will move to the site of the French Open at Rolland Garros. Her fight gets underway at 10.06 pm Irish time on Tuesday night.
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