Darren O'Neill

Medal record
Competitor for  Ireland
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Silver	2010 Moscow	Middleweight

Medal record
Competitor for  Ireland
Men’s Boxing
European Union Amateur Championships
Gold	2009 Odense	Middleweight

Darren O'Neill is a boxer from Ireland. Claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels. Finished second at light-heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind Kenneth Egan. Has since won three national middleweight championships where he has excelled since switching from lightheavy three years ago. He lives in Paulstown, Co.Kilkenny. Lost to Darren Sutherland on a questionable decision in 2008. 2009 European union champion and 2010 European silver medalist. In the 2010 European championships defeated 4 opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final.^[1] He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships.^[2] He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011.

References

1. ^ Barnes takes gold, O'Neill settles for silver
2. ^ Darren O’Neill captains Irish boxers

Persondata
Name	Oneill, Darren
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Short description
Date of birth	1985
Place of birth	Kilkenny
Date of death
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