Amy Broadhurst

2022 - 12 - 20

Amy Broadhurst crowned Irish Sportswoman of the Year, reveals ... (The42)

AMY BROADHURST, THE newly-crowned Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year for 2022, has revealed how she almost quit boxing this time last year.

- May: Lisa O’Rourke (Boxing) and Amy Broadhurst (Boxing) She’ll hope to realise that Olympic dream sooner rather than later, Paris 2024 top of her list of priorities. To hear them read that letter back to me at school, something I’d written as a little girl and now being 25, amazing.” “They had a letter I had written when I was 11 years of age. Rachel in the High Performance [United, Sport Ireland] was the one who actually got me speaking to him and it benefitted me massively. “Going and speaking to somebody and getting the help that I needed to actually have the belief in myself to stand here today with everything that I’ve achieved, that’s probably what I’m most proud of.

Amy Broadhurst named Sportswoman of the Year; Gordon D'Arcy on ... (The Irish Times)

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[United have triggered the one-year contract extensions of Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Diogo Dalot and Fred](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2022/12/20/manchester-united-trigger-one-year-extensions-for-rashford-shaw-dalot-and-fred/), and are in positive discussions with David de Gea regarding a new deal. [winning The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sports Woman of the Year award](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2022/12/20/amy-broadhurst-named-irish-timessport-ireland-sportswoman-of-the-year-2022/). “It’s a completely different style to 18 months ago isn’t it?” [Southampton are into the League Cup quarter-finals](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2022/12/20/carabao-cup-wrap-southampton-scrape-past-lincoln-city-despite-bazunu-own-goal/) after an unconvincing 2-1 win over Lincoln in Nathan Jones’ first home match as manager. [Gordon D’Arcy thinks the Champions Cup is just a shell of what it once was](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2022/12/21/gordon-darcy-champions-cup-is-just-a-shell-of-what-it-once-was-but-its-not-empty-yet/) – but it’s not empty yet. Media interest was huge, so too fan investment, in a format that best suited the tournament.” Leinster senior coach [Stuart Lancaster believes it will be a rejuvenated Munster that awaits his team in Thomond Park](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2022/12/21/its-a-completely-different-style-lancaster-notes-evolution-to-munsters-game/) on St Stephen’s Day: “They’re working harder off the ball and you can generally see what they’re trying to do in attack,” he explains. In his weekly column this morning, the former Leinster and Ireland centre writes: “In those days the European Cup had a colour, a flavour, an aura that fired the imagination and generated an excitement and adrenaline rush at the prospect of sharing a field with some of the best players in the world.

Amy Broadhurst was named Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year ... (Irish Post)

The 25-year-old light-welterweight became the fourth boxer in Ireland to become a world champion boxer after beating Algeria's Imane Khelif in May. Her feat ...

She would complete the hat trick of golds that year by beating Ukraine's Mariia Bava via a unanimous decision. In doing so she became Northern Ireland's first female boxer to win gold at the games. Broadhurst in August won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, seeing off England's Gemma Richardso.

World champion boxer Amy Broadhurst named Irish Times ... (BreakingNews.ie)

The Republic of Ireland women's team won the Outstanding Achievement Award following their qualification for next year's World Cup.

"A huge congratulations to all the monthly winners - sportswomen whose stories continue to show the next generation that nothing is impossible. Amy Broadhurst has topped off a hugely successful year by claiming the 2022 Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year title. Commending the 2022 winners, The Irish Times' sports editor Noel O'Reilly said women's sport has been momentous on both the national and international stages this year.

Amy Broadhurst ends year on a high (Q102)

Boxer Amy Broadhurst has been crowned The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year for 2022. She is the first Irish female boxer to take gold at ...

This result, this game, that goal – I’m dedicating it for those ten beautiful souls who unfortunately perished on Friday, for all their families.” The Ireland women’s soccer team was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award who qualified for the World Cup for the first time after beating Scotland 1-0 in a playoff in Hampden Park in Glasgow. In what was an amazing year for sport, but particularly for Irish sportswomen, Broadhurst became only the second Irish fighter to land the three titles - Michael Conlan being the only other to achieve the feat.

Amy Broadhurst named Sports Woman of the Year - Irish Boxing (Irish Boxing News)

The Dundalk talent had a sensational 2022 making history with a hat trick of gold medal wins. Broadhurst became the first Irish female boxer to take gold at the ...

Broadhurst won her second gold medal of the year in August at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, beating England’s Gemma Richardson on a unanimous decision in the lightweight final. In the process, Broadhurst, whose brother Stephen returned to the ring to win the Ulster Championships last week, became the first female boxer to win a Commonwealth gold medal for Northern Ireland. Broadhurst became the first Irish female boxer to take gold at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games and only the second Irish boxer to register the treble, Michael Conlan being the first.

Boxer Amy Broadhurst wins top sports award following breakthrough ... (The Argus)

Boxer Amy Broadhurst, the first Irish female boxer to take gold at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games has been crowned ...

Those couple of weeks clearly proved to be highly useful for both with Broadhurst claiming that she learnt a lot from Taylor who she described as ‘a big role model’ and ‘the best female boxer ever.’ Katie Taylor, Kellie Harrington and Conlan had been Ireland’s only amateur world champions until Broadhurst made it four with her victory over Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the light-welterweight final. For good measure the 25-year-old Dundalk woman was named ‘Boxer of the Tournament’ at the Europeans.