Adam Nolan (born 11 March 1987) is an
Irish
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retired boxer from
Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountain ...
,
County Wexford who qualified for the
2012 Olympics.
Boxing career
Adam is the second Wexford-born boxer to qualify for the Olympics, the first being his coach on the Irish team,
Billy Walsh. He was the fifth Irish boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. He is a club mate at Bray Boxing Club with five-time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist
Katie Taylor
Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. She is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champion, having held the WBA title since 2017; the IBF title since 2018; and the ...
. Bray was the only boxing club in the world who qualified two boxers to London 2012, and is the only boxing club in history to have a male and a female boxer feature in the Olympic games. Nolan finished in the top two at
welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
at the
2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Trabzon, Turkey from April 15 to April 21.
Qualified athletes
Qualification summary
Results
Light flyweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Lightweight
Light welte ...
which gained him qualification to the Olympics. He ultimately won the Qualification Tournament.
Adam won his first match of the 2012 Olympics 14-8 against Ecuador's
Carlos Sanchez but lost to Russia's
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 ...
by nine points in the round of 16.
Adam is a four time Irish Elite Welterweight Champion, having won the titles in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.
In March 2015, Nolan went to the Gee Bee Multi Nations tournament in Finland. He won all three of his bouts to claim the gold medal for Ireland and the Boxer of the Tournament award. He is part of the Italia Thunder team in the WSB, and won his first 5-rounder versus Nicklaus Flaz.
Hurling career
He won the 2016
Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athl ...
for
Oulart–The Ballagh.
References
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Living people
Welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Ireland
Irish male boxers
1987 births
People from County Wexford
European Games competitors for Ireland
Boxers at the 2015 European Games
Oulart-the-Ballagh hurlers