Aoife wins Sportswoman Award
Castlerea's Aoife O'Rourke celebrates with her gold medal in the women's 75kg during the World Boxing Championships 2025 at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile
Castlerea boxer Aoife O’Rourke has won The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Award for September.
She shares the accolade with Orla Comerford (athletics).
Aoife, who recently won gold at the World Boxing Championships, “already had an impressive medal collection before she set off for Liverpool, but her unanimous victory over Turkey’s Busra Isildar in the final of the 75kg division earned her the biggest prize of her career. That win saw her emulate her sister Lisa’s 2022 success when she won world gold in the 70kg division,” The Irish Times notes.
Her ultimate dream is for both herself and Lisa to make it to LA 2028.
“If that does happen, that the two of us are representing Ireland there, it would be an incredible story,” she told The Irish Times. “To go to an Olympics with a sibling would be amazing, really, truly special.”
