Kristina O'Hara
Appearance
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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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Kristina O'Hara (born 8 April 1996) is a boxer from Belfast.[2]
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.
External links
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Women boxers from Northern Ireland
- Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland
- Boxers from Belfast
- Light-flyweight boxers
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- British boxing biography stubs
- Sportspeople from Northern Ireland stubs