17 Facts About Kellie Harrington

Kellie Anne Harrington OLY was born on 11 December 1989 and is an Irish retired amateur boxer.

Kellie Harrington won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2017 Women's European Union Boxing Championships and a bronze at the 2018 Women's European Boxing Championships.

Kellie Harrington won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships.

Kellie Harrington was the silver medallist in the light welterweight division at the 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships.

Kellie Harrington won the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, by defeating Caroline Dubois on a split decision in the final.

Kellie Harrington was part of the Ireland team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Kellie Harrington competed in the lightweight division of the boxing competition.

Kellie Harrington won gold at the 2023 European Games in Poland, defeating Natalia Shadrina from Serbia in the final by unanimous decision.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Kellie Harrington was given a bye into the second round, where she defeated Italy's Alessia Mesiano by unanimous decision.

Kellie Harrington defeated Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira by 4:1 split decision in the semi-finals.

Kellie Harrington was joint grand marshal with Ellen Keane at the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade on 17 March 2022.

Kellie Harrington is from Dublin's north inner city and is a member of St Mary's Boxing Club, Tallaght.

Kellie Harrington has stated that she intends to return to her part-time cleaning job at St Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital in Dublin, regardless of her result at the Olympics.

Kellie Harrington has been in a relationship with Mandy Loughlin since 2009 after meeting her through boxing, and was one of at least 180 openly gay athletes at the 2020 Olympic games.

In October 2022, Harrington released her autobiography called Kellie which was written with Roddy Doyle.

On 2 April 2023, Kellie Harrington announced her withdrawal from social media following a backlash as a result of a tweet from GB News relating to immigration, which she shared and subsequently deleted.

Kellie Harrington refused to address the issue in a subsequent Newstalk interview, but later issued a statement and an apology.