Broadhurst sweeps top award, confirms she's moving up in weight to fulfil Olympic dream

The delighted Louth boxer used the award ceremony in Dublin to reveal that she intends to move up in weight, to 66kg (welterweight), in her bid to attain her Olympic dream.

GONG: Winner of the Irish Times Sportswoman of the year, Amy Broadhurst. Pic: Julien Behal Photography

DUNDALK boxer Amy Broadhurst is the 19th winner of the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year award after a truly stellar year for Irish female athletes.

Winning a World, European and Commonwealth title in the same year clinched the 25-year-old from Louth the prestigious award and she held off the challenge of a slew of other Irish women who won World and European titles or, like the Irish women’s soccer team and Rachael Blackmore, made more sporting history in 2022.