O'Neill claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels, as well as playing for Kilkenny U-21 hurley team.[2] He finished second at light-heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind Kenneth Egan.[3] O'Neill has since won four national middleweight championships and two heavyweight championships where he has excelled. He lost to Darren Sutherland on a close decision in 2008.[4] He also lost out on a chance to compete at an Olympic qualifier to Sutherland in an IABA box-off.[5] O'Neill was also 2009 European Union champion and 2010 European silver medalist.[6] In the 2010 European championships he defeated four opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final.[7] He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships.[8] He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he again captained the Irish boxing team, but went out in the last 16 to Stefan Härtel.[1] He bore the flag for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. By 2015, he had moved up to heavyweight, reaching the Irish final.[9]
In July 2019 he announced his decision to turn professional.[10]
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^"Sutherland reaches Olympic qualifiers". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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darren, neill, irish, amateur, boxer, gold, medal, 2009, championships, silver, 2010, european, championships, 2014, championships, also, captained, ireland, boxers, 2012, summer, olympics, london, statisticsheight6, bornpaulstown, irelandmedal, record, amateu. Darren O Neill is an Irish amateur boxer He won a gold medal at the 2009 EU Championships and silver at the 2010 European Championships and 2014 EU Championships He also captained Ireland s boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London 1 Darren O NeillStatisticsHeight6 ft 0 1 2 in 184 cm BornPaulstown IrelandMedal record Men s amateur boxingRepresenting IrelandWorld Golden Gloves Championships2013 Waldorf Light heavyweightEuropean Championships2010 Moscow MiddleweightEU Championships2009 Odense Middleweight2014 Sofia Light heavyweightBoxing EditO Neill claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels as well as playing for Kilkenny U 21 hurley team 2 He finished second at light heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind Kenneth Egan 3 O Neill has since won four national middleweight championships and two heavyweight championships where he has excelled He lost to Darren Sutherland on a close decision in 2008 4 He also lost out on a chance to compete at an Olympic qualifier to Sutherland in an IABA box off 5 O Neill was also 2009 European Union champion and 2010 European silver medalist 6 In the 2010 European championships he defeated four opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final 7 He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships 8 He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011 At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he again captained the Irish boxing team but went out in the last 16 to Stefan Hartel 1 He bore the flag for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony By 2015 he had moved up to heavyweight reaching the Irish final 9 In July 2019 he announced his decision to turn professional 10 See also EditRTE s collection of O Neill articles https www rte ie sport search q darren 20o neillReferences Edit a b Hogan Vincent 2 August 2012 Darren O Neill s Olympic dream over after losing to awkward German Irish Independent Independent News amp Media Retrieved 2 August 2012 Taylor and O Neill win gold in Turkey RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 Egan to face O Neill once again RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 National Amateur Championships round up RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 Sutherland reaches Olympic qualifiers RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 Victories for Joyce and O Neill RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 Barnes takes gold O Neill settles for silver RTE Sport RTE 12 June 2010 Archived from the original on 15 June 2010 Retrieved 12 June 2010 O Neill Michael 15 June 2011 Darren O Neill captains Irish boxers Sports News Ireland Retrieved 15 June 2011 O Neill into heavyweight final at first attempt RTE Sport Retrieved 27 December 2015 Olympian Darren O Neill to join pro boxing ranks at 33 the42 ie 2016 08 18 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Darren O 27Neill amp oldid 1159137946, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
