Kurt Walker won gold in the featherweight division at the 2019 European Games, and finished joint fifth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
At Tokyo 2020 he opened with a unanimous decision over Spain's Jose Quiles, then produced one of the results of the tournament, beating the top seed and reigning world champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov of Uzbekistan by split decision to reach the quarter-finals. His place at the Games was secured on ranking points after the qualification process was reconfigured during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Walker is from Lisburn, County Antrim and boxes with Lisburn Boxing Club. He won bronze at the 2017 European Championships, gold at the 2018 EU Championships and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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