VIDEO: Kildare kick boxer brings home gold medal

It's that time of year again when children are looking towards the return to school and classes.

Meanwhile one young athlete has spent the summer gearing up and training hard for the biggest tournament of the year, the WAKO European Kickboxing Championships.

Conor MvGlinchey has just returned as European Champion 2017 after beating Turkey, England and Hungary.

The 17-year-old from Carbury has won numerous titles over the last few years.

This gold medal was hard earned with an intensive training schedule both alone in the gym and with his club mates and his coaches Dave Heffernan and Martin Bannon at Tallaght Martial Arts, Conor is kept busy and focused.

Having returned from San Francisco in June, Conor's skills, confidence and ability to adapt his fighting have increased.

While in America he was invited to become part of Team Proper, an incredibly successful ASG sponsored team under the guidance of Junior Salientes.

This was an fantastic opportunity for such a young European athlete.

Conor already has a world title and a European silver so to come home with the gold is the icing on the cake!

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He has just returned from Macedonia and will now be facing into his leaving cert year while all the time maintaining his training programme.

WAKO kickboxing is fast approaching Olympic Recognition and Conor has his sights set on being an Olympian.

In the meantime Conor is looking for sponsors who can help him pursue his dream.