Michael Carruth (born 9 July 1967) is a southpaw

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Olympic boxer from

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. He is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the

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. He turned Pro in 1994 but retired in 2000.

Amateur boxing

;Olympic results ; 1988 Olympics Lightweight Boxing: *1st round bye *Defeated

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(Japan) 5-0 *Lost to George Scott (Sweden) KO by 1 ;

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Welterweight Boxing: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Mikaele Masoe (American Samoa) on points, 11-2 *Quarter-final: Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) on points, 35-22 *Semi-final: Defeated Arkhom Chenglai (Thailand) on points, 11-4 *Final: Defeated

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had to settle for the silver in bantamweight. It was also the first Olympic gold medal for Ireland since

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won the Men's 1500m event at the 1956 Olympic Games in

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. Within a few days of Carruth winning his Olympic medal the

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announced that Carruth has been instantly promoted to sergeant within the

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in recognition of his achievement at the Olympics. And, on the day of his return to Ireland, local pubs dropped the price of beer to that of 1956.

Professional boxing

Carruth turned pro in 1994 after taking leave from his job as a

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in the

. He was trained by former Irish boxing great

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. He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against

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for the WBO

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title and in 2000 against Adrian Stone for the IBO Light Middleweight title. He retired in 2000, after the loss to Stone, with a career professional record of 18-3-0.

Media

In 2006, he competed on the TV series ''

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''. Carruth has been an expert boxing analyst for RTÉ's Olympic coverage in

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and

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. In 2020, Carruth appeared in the fourth season of the Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Carruth and his professional partner, Karen Byrne, were eliminated on 3 February 2020.

Involvement in Gaelic games

During his short spell as senior

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manager, Brendan Hackett appointed Carruth as masseur in 2009.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carruth, Michael 1967 births Living people AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Irish Army soldiers Irish male boxers Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Ireland Olympic gold medalists for Ireland Olympic medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Dublin (city) RTÉ Sports Person of the Year winners Sports masseurs Welterweight boxers Westmeath county football team