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{{Short description|Irish boxer}}
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'''Michael Carruth''' (born 9 July 1967) is a [[Southpaw stance|southpaw]] [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Boxing|boxer]] from [[Dublin]]. He is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]]. He turned professional in 1994 and retired in 2000.

==Amateur boxing==
;Olympic results

;[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]] Lightweight Boxing:
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Satoru Higashi]] (Japan) 5-0
*Lost to [[George Scott (boxer)|George Scott]] (Sweden) KO by 1

;[[Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] Welterweight Boxing:
*Round of 32: bye
*Round of 16: Defeated [[Mikaele Masoe]] (American Samoa) on points, 11-2
*Quarter-final: Defeated [[Andreas Otto]] (Germany) on points, 35-22
*Semi-final: Defeated [[Arkhom Chenglai]] (Thailand) on points, 11-4
*Final: Defeated [[Juan Hernández Sierra]] (Cuba) on points, 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 Summer Olympics|1956 Olympic Games]] in [[Melbourne]].

Within a few days of Carruth 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3775331.stm|title=A 67kg gold meant cheap beer in 1992|work=BBC Sport|date=3 June 2004|accessdate=3 June 2004}}</ref>

==Professional boxing==
Carruth turned professional in 1994 after taking leave from his job as a [[soldier]] in the [[Irish Army]]. He was trained by the former Irish boxing great [[Steve Collins]]. He had limited success as a professional, losing in both of his defining professional bouts, in 1997 against [[Mihai Leu]] for the [[WBO]] [[Welterweight]] title and in 2000 against [[Adrian Stone]] for the [[International Boxing Organization|IBO]] [[Light Middleweight]] title. He retired in 2000, after the loss to Stone, with a career professional record of 18-3-0.

==Media==
In 2006, he competed on the TV series ''[[Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels]]''.

Carruth was an expert boxing analyst for [[RTÉ]]'s Olympic coverage in [[2008 Olympics|2008]], [[2012 Olympics|2012]] and [[2016 Olympics|2016]].

In 2020, Carruth appeared in the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 4)|fourth season]] of the Irish edition of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. He and his professional partner, [[Karen Byrne]], were eliminated on 3 February 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/dancing-with-the-stars/2020/0202/1112645-dancing-with-the-stars/|title=Michael Carruth exits Dancing with the Stars|work=[[RTÉ]]|date=3 February 2020|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref>

==Involvement in Gaelic games==
During his short spell as senior [[Westmeath county football team]] manager, [[Brendan Hackett]] appointed Carruth as masseur in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/1015/westmeath.html |title=Westmeath appoint Carruth as masseur |work=RTÉ Sport |date=15 October 2009 |accessdate=15 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018032908/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/1015/westmeath.html |archivedate=18 October 2009 }}<br>- {{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/carruth-and-rheinisch-boost-westmeath-1915635.html|title=Carruth and Rheinisch boost Westmeath|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=16 October 2009|accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{boxrec|id=007411}}
*{{IMDb name|2278788}}

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{{RTÉ Sports Person of the Year}}

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