Jude Gallagher (born 5 October 2001) is an Irish

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. He competed at the

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, winning the

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in the men's featherweight event. Gallagher defeated Joseph Commey via walkover in the final match in the boxing competition. He represented Ireland at the

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, receiving a bye into the second round where he lost to

Carlo Paalam Carlo Paalam (born July 16, 1998) is a Filipino amateur boxer. He made his Olympic debut and won silver medal in the flyweight division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a gold medalist in 30th SEA Games light flyweight ...

from the Philippines by unanimous decision.

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Irish male boxers Flyweight boxers Light-flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games European Games competitors for Ireland Boxers at the 2023 European Games Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ireland 2001 births {{Northern-Ireland-boxing-bio-stub