 michael carruth (born 9 july 1967) is a southpaw irish olympic boxer from dublin. he is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 summer olympics in barcelona. in 2006, he competed in celebrity jigs 'n' reels. in 2009, he was appointed a masseur to the westmeath senior football team. in 2012, carruth was an analyst on the 2012 olympics boxing coverage on rtÃ sport. ==amateur boxing== ;olympic results ;1988 olympics lightweight boxing: *1st round bye *defeated satoru higashi (japan) 5-0 *lost to george scott (sweden) ko by 1 ;1992 olympics welterweight boxing: *1st round bye *2nd round (last 16): defeated mikaele masoe (american samoa) 11-2 *quarter-final: defeated andreas otto (germany) 35-22 *semi-final: defeated arkhom chenglai (thailand) 11-4 *final: defeated juan hernÃ¡ndez sierra (cuba) 13-10 carruth's medal was ireland's first ever gold medal in boxing, only a couple of hours after teammate wayne mccullough had to settle for the silver in bantamweight. it was also the first olympic gold medal for ireland since ronnie delaney won the men's 1500m event at the 1956 olympic games in melbourne. within a few days of winning his olympic medal the government of ireland announced that carruth has been instantly promoted to sergeant within the irish army in recognition of his achievement at the olympics. and, on the day of his return to ireland, local pubs dropped the price of beer to that of 1956.{{cite n
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