Katie Taylor

About Katie Taylor

Katie Taylor is an Irish athlete who specialises in boxing. Boxing and training with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, she is the current Irish, European, World and Olympic Champion in the 60 kg division. 

Career Highlights:

2005-Taylor's first noteworthy success was at the 2005 European Amateur Championships, in Tønsberg, Norway. She won the gold medal, defeating Eva Wahlström of Finland in the final of the 60 kg lightweight class.

2005-Later in 2005, at the World Amateur Championships in Podolsk, Russia, Taylor advanced to the quarter-finals in the 60 kg weight class. Here she lost against Kang Kum-Hui, who remains the only boxer to have defeated Taylor at the World Championships.

2006-At the 2006 European Amateur Championships in Warsaw, Poland, Taylor won her second successive gold medal by stopping reigning world champion Tatiana Chalaya of Russia, also collecting the tournament's Best Boxer award.

2006-At the 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship, contested in New Delhi, India, Taylor became Ireland's first World Champion, defeating Chalaya again in the semi-final and then Erica Farias of Argentina in the 60 kg final.

2007-In 2007, she won her third successive European Championship title in Denmark.

2008-2008 saw Taylor win her first European Union gold medal, contested in August in Liverpool, England. Here she defeated Cindy Orain of France.

2008-Taylor went on to claim her second World title at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, contested in November at Ningbo, China. In the 60 kg weight class, she defeated China's Cheng Dong in the final match which was her 100th bout.

2009-Taylor won gold at the Russian Multi-Nations event at the Sports Palace in St Petersburg in July 2009 chalking up her 39th consecutive victory – and her 60th win in her last 61 bouts.She also went on to win her fourth successive European Championship title in September 2009 in Ukraine without conceding a point.She picked up another gold medal at the 2010 European Union Championships in Hungary

2009-Taylor defended her European Union title in 2009. She beat home favourite, Bulgaria's Denitsa Elisayeva, in the July tournament hosted in Pazardzhik.

2010-On 18 September 2010, Taylor went on to claim her third successive World title at the 2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, in Barbados. In the 60 kg weight class, she again defeated China's Cheng Dong in the final match.This was Taylor's 100th career win.

2011-Taylor won the Gold Medal at the EU Women Boxing Championships in Katowice, Poland in 2011.

2012-On 19 May 2012, Taylor won her fourth successive World title at the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, in Qinhuangdao China. In the 60 kg weight class, she defeated Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava.

2014-On 24 November 2014, Taylor won her fifth straight lightweight title in South Korea at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, defeating Yana Allekseevna of Azerbaijan.The final scoreline was 40-36, 39-37, 39-37 in her favour

2015-On 27 June 2015, Taylor won the lightweight title in Azerbaijan at the inaugural European Games, defeating Estelle Mosely of France.The final scoreline was 36-40 36-40 37-39 in her favour.

Katie Taylor Achievements

Awards and Honours:

Taylor won her second International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Female Boxer of the Year award at a ceremony in Almaty, Kazakhstan in November 2010.

• 2005-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2006-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2006-World Amateur Championship
  
• 2007-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2008-European Union Amateur Championships
  
• 2008-World Amateur Championship
  
• 2009-European Union Amateur Championships
  
• 2009-Russian Multi-Nations event
  
• 2009-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2010-European Union Amateur Championships
  
• 2010-World Amateur Championship
  
• 2011-European Union Amateur Championships
  
• 2011-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2012-World Amateur Championship
  
• 2012-Olympic Games
  
• 2013-European Union Amateur Championships
  
• 2014-European Amateur Championships
  
• 2014-World Amateur Championship
  
• 2015-European Games