John McNally (boxer)

John McNally (3 November 1932 – 4 April 2022) was a Irish boxer. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division. McNally was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was the first person from Belfast and the first Irish boxer to win an Olympic medal.

McNally died on 4 April 2022 in Belfast, aged 89.Ireland's first ever Olympic boxing medallist John McNally dies

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Category:1932 births
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Category:Olympic medalists for Ireland
Category:Olympic silver medalists
Category:Irish boxers
Category:Sportspeople from Belfast