Seconds Out: Stories of Irish Boxing - Day in the life of High Performance boxer Niamh Fay

Niamh Fay is preparing to contest the 2024 European U22 Championships – and she’s letting us in on her preparations as part of the Seconds Out: Stories of Irish Boxing series, supported by Sport Ireland. Niamh, who contests at 57kg, is a full-time High Performance athlete in training at the Boxing High Performance Unit. She claimed gold in this tournament in 2022, and has gone on to win 2024 European Elite Championship bronze. She’s also a two time Irish U22 champion, and an Elite champion at 54kg. Niamh is a proud member of her club, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, and shows how she balances her nutrition, boxing technical training, strength and conditioning, rest and recovery, and coaching in her clubhouse as part of her daily life. During training blocs, Niamh lives at Boxing House on the Sport Ireland campus, and gives real insight in to the sense of camaraderie in the squad, and the drive, commitment and mindset required to be a High Performance athlete. This short film, a peek inside High Performance, is part of a series of shorts on Irish Boxing – Seconds Out: Stories of Irish Boxing, commissioned by IABA and produced by Lowki Culture.