UPDATED MEDAL RECORD – Team Ireland’s World Youth Championship History

The Class of 2024 made history in Budva.

The eight-strong team didn’t manage to break the five-medal haul of the 2022 campaigners but did win more gold than any of the previous World Youth Championships teams.

The three medals won were all gold with Soifra Lawless, Kyla Doyle and Adam Olaniyan all finished top of the podium.

Ireland’s record at the tournament now stands at 31 medals. Among the names to make it the podium are Eammon Loughran, Neil ‘Sinky’ Sinclair, Eamonn Magee, Collie Barrett, Andy Lee, Ray Moylette, Tommy McCarthy, Joe Ward, Ryan Burnett, Michaela Walsh and Christina Desmond.

The full list is below:

1987 Havana, Cuba
63.5kg Eamonn Loughran (Silver)
71kg Denis Galvin (Bronze)

1989 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
63.5kg Eamonn Magee (Silver)

1992 Montreal, Canada
63.5kg Neil Sinclair (Bronze)

1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina
48kg Harry Cunningham (Silver)
51kg Darren Campbell (Bronze)

2000 Budapest, Hungary
91kg Coleman Barrett (Silver)

2002 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
71kg Andy Lee (Silver)

2008 Guadalajara, Mexico
60kg Ray Moylette (Gold)
64kg Jamie Kavanagh (Silver)
69kg David Joe Joyce (Bronze)
81kg Tommy McCarthy (Bronze)

2010 Baku, Azerbaijan
75kg Joe Ward (Gold)
48kg Ryan Burnett (Silver)

2011 Antalya, Turkey
57kg Michaela Walsh (Bronze)

2012 Yerevan, Armenia
52kg Kurt Walker (Bronze)

2013 Albena, Bulgaria
69kg Christina Desmond (Silver)

2015 Taipei, Taiwan
54kg Natasha Logan (Bronze)

2016 Moscow, Russia
64kg Gabriel Dossen (Bronze)
75kg Michael Nevin (Bronze)

2017 Guhawati, India
48kg Caitlin Fryers (Bronze)
64kg Katelynn Phelan (Bronze)

2018 Budapest, Hungary
49kg Jude Gallagher (Bronze)

2022 Nucia, Spain
Cliona D’Arcy (Gold)
Dearbhla Tinnelly (Gold)
Lee McEvoy (Bronze)
Laura Moran (Bronze)
Jim Donovan (Bronze)

2024 Budva, Montenegroro

Siofra Lawless (Gold)
Adam Olaniyan (Gold)
Kyla Doyle (Gold)