Irish boxer (born 2001)
Daina Moorehouse (born 16 September 2001) is an Irish amateur boxer who won gold medals at light flyweight at the 2017 European Junior Boxing Championships and the 2018 European Youth Boxing Championships. She also represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Moorehouse started boxing aged 11[3] and claimed her first Irish age-group title in 2015.[4]
Fighting at light flyweight, she won a gold medal at the 2017 European Junior Boxing Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, defeating England's Simran Kaur in the final.[5][6]
Moorehouse claimed gold at the 2018 European Youth Boxing Championships beating Russia's Kseniia Beschastnova on a 4–1 split decision to top the podium in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.[7][8]
She had to settle for bronze at the 2019 European Youth Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9][10]
In November 2019, Moorehouse won her first Irish national elite title, beating Shannon Sweeney by unanimous decision in the final.[11]
Moving up a weight division to flyweight for her first major senior international competition, she lost in the quarter-finals at the 2023 European Games in Poland, going down via split decision to France's Wassila Lkhadiri.[12][13]
Having lost out at the World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Italy in March 2024,[14] Moorehouse finally secured her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Thailand in June 2024, overcoming a point deduction to defeat Zlatislava Genadieva Chukanova from Bulgaria by split decision in the crucial bout.[15]
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Moorehouse's Olympic place was officially confirmed when Ireland named their boxing team on 28 June 2024.[17][18] She was given a bye into the second round[19] where she lost to 2023 European Games silver medalist Wassila Lkhadiri from France by 4:1 split decision.[20][21][22][23]
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