O'Rourke sisters add to remarkable medal tally with golds at European Elites

BUILT DIFFERENT: Aoife O'Rourke will return to Castlerea with her sister Lisa as European champions after Aoife retained her European boxing title in Sofia on Friday evening. Picture: INPHO/Tom Maher

One of Aoife O’Rourke’s first acts after taking the honours in the 75kg at the European Elite Boxing Championships in Sofia was to reach into the front row of the viewing area and hug her sister Lisa whose golden moment had come the day before.

The Roscommon pair can now lay claim to ten major medals between them at senior level, eight of them gold, and that doesn’t count the pair of U22 European titles Lisa mined for herself back in 2022 and 2024.