Ioan Croft

Ioan Croft
Born (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 22)[2]
Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales[3]
Statistics
Weight(s)Welterweight
StanceSouthpaw[1]
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Wales
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Yerevan Welterweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Men's welterweight

Ioan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer.[4]

Both twins, who come from Crymych, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales.[5] At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze.[6]

Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight.[7] Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout.[7]

References

  1. ^ "BoxRec: Ioan Croft". BoxRec. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Ioan CROFT". Birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ Hughes, Adam (16 November 2021). "Crymych's Croft boxing twins win medals in Macedonia". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ Lewis, Mike (29 May 2022). "Bronze medal for Ioan Croft at European Championships in Armenia". Tivyside Advertiser. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "New S4C documentary follows Team Wales athletes as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games". Nation Cymru. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Gemau'r Gymanwlad: Aur ac efydd yn y bocsio i ddau frawd o Sir Benfro". S4C (in Welsh). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b Jon Doel (28 July 2022). "'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 August 2022.


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