Kristina O'Hara (born 8 April 1996) is a boxer from Belfast.[2]
Kristina O'Hara | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 April 1996 | |||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | light flyweight | |||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||
| Total fights | 106 amateur | |||||||||||
| Wins | 105 | |||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 65 | |||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
O'Hara attended St Louise's Comprehensive College in Belfast.
Career edit
O'Hara first attended Emerald Boxing Club in Lenadoon.
O'Hara boxes with St John Bosco BC in west Belfast.[3]
She won gold at the European Union Junior Championships in Hungary in 2013 and followed it with silver at the European Youths in Italy a year later.[4][5]
A light flyweight, she won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6][7][8][9][10]
References edit
- ^ "Profile" (PDF). d152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net.
- ^ "Boxing - Athlete Profile: Kristina O'HARA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
- ^ "Belfast boxer O'Hara books place in Commonwealth Games final - Independent.ie". 11 April 2018.
- ^ Loughran, Neil. "Kristina O'Hara has no regrets about spurning soccer career as Commonwealth Games loom". The Irish News.
- ^ "Kristina O'Hara - "The way I'm feeling now, I'll beat anyone in the world" -". 21 February 2017.
- ^ ""I just want the gold medal" - Kristina O'Hara targets more EU glory -". 14 July 2017.
- ^ Loughran, Neil (9 April 2018). "Spar wars no bother as Kristina O'Hara does the business when it matters to secure first boxing medal". The Irish News.
- ^ Loughran, Neil (12 April 2018). "Kristina O'Hara and Steven Donnelly shine on big day for Irish boxers". The Irish News.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Kristina O'Hara keen to upgrade to gold after securing another Northern Ireland medal". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 9 April 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Boxer Kristina O'Hara clinches second N Ireland medal". BBC Sport. 8 April 2018.
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