Pat McCormack (born 8 June 1995) is a British

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who is affiliated with Birtley ABC. 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. In 2019, McCormack was selected to compete at the

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. He also competed at the

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, where he won the silver medal after losing by split decision (4:0) to

Andrey Zamkovoy Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy ( rus, Андрей Викторович Замковой, , ɐnˈdrʲeɪ̯ zəmkɐˈvoɪ̯; born 4 July 1987) is a Russian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Care ...

in the final. In 2021, McCormack qualified for the

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, 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 Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. ...

taking home a Silver Medal He is the twin brother of fellow boxer

Luke McCormack Luke J. McCormack was the chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from December 16, 2013, to May 2, 2017. Early life and education McCormack is a native of Long Island, N.Y., and resides in Virginia. He has two so ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Pat 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