Pat McCormack (boxer, born 1995)
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| Born | 8 June 1995 Washington, Tyne and Wear, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pat McCormack (born 8 June 1995) is a British boxer who is affiliated with Birtley ABC.[2] He is the 2018 69 kg Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist. He also competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
In 2019, McCormack was selected to compete at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[4] He also competed at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[5] where he won the silver medal after losing by split decision (4:0) to Andrey Zamkovoy in the final.[6]
In 2021, McCormack qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, going in as the No 1 seed and for many insiders he was viewed as the favourite to win the gold due to his stellar performances in previous competitions, McCormack made it to the final losing out to previous gold medallist Roniel Iglesias taking home a Silver Medal[7]
He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Luke McCormack.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Copley, James (28 April 2021). "Washington-born boxing duo Pat and Luke McCormack step up Olympic hopes in return to action". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Pat McCormack - England Boxing Team". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Pat McCormack". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". boxing247.com. East Side Boxing. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Pat McCormack takes silver medal for Team GB after losing Olympic final to Cuba's Roniel Iglesias". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Twin success for the McCormack brothers!". Sunderland Echo. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Pat McCormack at Olympics.com
- Pat McCormack at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Pat McCormack at Olympic.org (archived)
- Pat McCormack at Olympedia
- Pat McCormack at Team GB
- Pat McCormack at Team England
- Pat McCormack at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- British male boxers
- English male boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- European Games medalists in boxing
- European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Boxers at the 2019 European Games
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Sunderland