Adam Nolan (born 11 March 1987[1]) is an Irish retired boxer from Enniscorthy, County Wexford who qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[2][3]

Boxing career

Adam is the second Wexford-born boxer to qualify for the Olympics, the first being his coach on the Irish team, Billy Walsh.[4] Nolan was the fifth Irish boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. He is a club mate at Bray Boxing Club with five-time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Taylor. Bray was the only boxing club in the world who qualified two boxers to London 2012, and is the only boxing club in history to have a male and a female boxer feature in the Olympic games.[5] Nolan finished in the top two at welterweight at the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament which gained him qualification to the Olympics.[6] He ultimately won the Qualification Tournament.[7]

Adam won his first match of the 2012 Olympics 14-8 against Ecuador's Carlos Sanchez but lost to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy by nine points in the round of 16.[citation needed]

Adam is a four-time Irish Elite Welterweight Champion, having won the titles in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.[citation needed]

In March 2015, Nolan competed in the Gee Bee Multi Nations tournament in Finland. He won all three of his bouts to claim the gold medal for Ireland and the Boxer of the Tournament award. He is part of the Italia Thunder team in the WSB, and won his first 5-rounder versus Nicklaus Flaz.[citation needed]

Hurling career

He won the 2016 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship for Oulart–The Ballagh.[8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adam Nolan Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ Kelly, Dara (21 April 2012). "Wexford boxer Adam Nolan on his way to the London Olympics". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Irish Olympic boxer Adam Nolan retires to enjoy a 'few years of hurling'". Independent.ie. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". www.irish-boxing.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "The ITV Hub - The home of ITV". U.tv. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Nolan qualifies in Turkey". BreakingNews.ie. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Irish Amateur Boxing - Adam Nolan claims a Gold Medal". Doghouseboxing.com. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. ^ Kelly, Niall (17 October 2016). "Olympic boxer Adam Nolan won his first county hurling title yesterday". The42.ie. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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