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Aoife O'Rourke

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Aoife O'Rourke
Personal information
Full nameAoife O'Rourke
NationalityIrish
Born (1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 29)
Castlerea, Ireland
Sport
SportBoxing
Middleweight (75 kg)
ClubCastlerea Boxing Club
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Ireland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Liverpool75 kg
IBA World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 NisMiddleweight
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaMiddleweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 AlcobendasMiddleweight
Gold medal – first place2022 BudvaMiddleweight
Gold medal – first place2024 BelgradeMiddleweight
Gold medal – first place2026 Sofia75 kg

Aoife O'Rourke (born 2 July 1997) is an Irish amateur boxer. She won a gold medal in the 75 kg category at the 2025 World Boxing Championships[1][2] and a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 2025 IBA Women's World Championships.[3][4] O'Rourke also won gold medals in the same weight category at the 2019,[5] [6] 2022,[7][8] 2024[9] [10] and 2026 European Championships[11][12] as well at the 2023 European Games.[13] [14] She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics but lost in the first round.[15][16]

O'Rourke's sister Lisa is also a boxer and won gold at the 2022 World Championships in the light middleweight division. In 2025, the sisters made boxing history, by becoming the first sisters to win through to contest a World Championship final in the same tournament.[17] Also in 2025, the sisters won gold at the World Hyrox Championships in Chicago.[18]

References

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  1. ↑ "Gold for Ireland as Aoife O'Rourke crowned world champion in Liverpool". RTE. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Gold for Aoife O'Rourke at the World Boxing Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "O'Rourke sisters lose World Boxing Championships finals". RTE. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sisters Aoife and Lisa O'Rourke settle for silver at World Boxing Championships". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke secures gold at European championship". rte.ie. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke crowned European middleweight champion in Madrid". Extra. September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Kellie Harrington, Aoife O'Rourke and Amy Broadhurst win gold medals at Elite European Championship finals". Irish Independent. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "European Boxing Championship RECAP as Kellie Harrington, Amy Broadhurst and Aoife O'Rourke all win gold". Irish Mirror. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Golden girl: Aoife O'Rourke is European champion again!". Irish Boxing. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "O'Rourke and Çakıroğlu become three-time champions at European Boxing Championships". International Boxing Association. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke strikes gold at the European Championships". RTE. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "GOLD – Aoife O'Rourke Wins Fourth European Championship Title". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke's birthday bout brings Ireland's European Games medal tally to 13". Irish Times. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke and Amy Wall triumph at European Games". Rte. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Aoife O'Rourke suffers cruel Olympic exit". Irish Boxing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "'I definitely didn't underestimate her one bit': Aoife O'Rourke suffers shock exit to familiar foe in Paris". Irish News. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "O'Rourke sisters make boxing history". Irish Athletic Boxing Association. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  18. ↑ "Talented sisters Aoife and Lisa O'Rourke win gold at World Hyrox Championships". Extra.ie. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
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