Aidan Walsh (born March 28, 1997) is an Irish

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. Walsh trains at Emerald ABC,

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. In 2015, Aidan won gold at light welterweight at the

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. At

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, Aidan won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Aidan also competed in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he won Gold alongside his sister Michaela Walsh, who is also a champion amateur boxer. Walsh competed in the men's welterweight competition at the

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and won a bronze medal.

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