1. Kenny Egan won the European Gold Medal in the 2008 Athens Olympic Qualifiers and a European Bronze Medal in 2006 and 2010 at Light-heavyweight.
19 Facts About Kenny Egan
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Kenny Egan was elected to South Dublin County Council for Fine Gael in the 2014 local elections.
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Kenny Egan fought out of the Neilstown Boxing Club that is based in Dublin.
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Kenny Egan won the national championships from 2005 to 2007, where he twice beat Darren O'Neill in the final.
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Kenny Egan announced his retirement following a defeat to Westmeath's Joe Ward in the National Stadium, 22 Feb 2013.
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Kenny Egan beat Julius Jackson and Julio Castillo then lost to Marijo Sivolija.
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Kenny Egan beat Tony Jeffries, the British boxer, in the semi-final round.
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Kenny Egan lost to China's Xiaoping Zhang in the Olympic Final Gold Medal match in Beijing on Sunday 24 August 2008.
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Cowen echoed these remarks by saying "Kenny Egan fought a brave fight and gave everything in a wonderful bout of top class boxing".
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Kenny Egan returned home from the Olympics with the rest of the Olympic team at Dublin Airport and went back to Clondalkin to a hero's welcome.
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Kenny Egan released a statement apologising to his teammates for the non-show against the US and for disappearing to New York.
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On 1 August 2009, Kenny Egan lost a match to Sweden's Babacar Kamara.
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Kenny Egan won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia after he lost to Abdelkader Bouhenia from France in the semifinals.
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In January 2011, Kenny Egan publicly said he suffers from a drink problem and has gotten help.
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In 2012, Kenny Egan was an analyst on the 2012 Olympics boxing coverage on RTE Sport.
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Kenny Egan was beaten by Joe Ward for the third consecutive time in the Elite Senior Finals in February 2013.
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Kenny Egan, a serving Dublin councillor at the time, subsequently resigned the Fine Gael party whip.
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Kenny Egan was a pundit on RTE for the coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Boxing events.
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In February 2014, Kenny Egan confirmed that he would be running in the 2014 local elections as a Fine Gael candidate in the Clondalkin area.