PLAN B LISTEN BACK: Youth MMA Gold Medalists 17 Year Old Sarah Elliot Sheridan

Sarah Elliot Sheridan

Sarah Elliot Sheridan joined Sarina on Saturday’s Plan B.

The IMMAF-WMMAA Youth Mixed Martial Arts World Championships took place in Rome on August 3.

 

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Congrats to Sarah who took gold in her division. Great work all in the gym are proud

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Team Ireland walked away with nine medals – including two gold medals in the under 18s.

One of the gold medalists, 17 year old, Sarah Elliot Sheridan.

Sarah is from the inner city of Dublin and has committed to a rigorous training programme and she hopes to emulate the success of her idol Katie Taylor

 

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“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”. I hope I am the shoulders that tomorrow’s young athletes will stand on to see further. @gymshark

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Chatting on Plan B

"I’m 17 years old from inner city Dublin and I live in the flats with my mam, brother and sister and I have to do a 40 minute bus journey to training up and back everyday which gives me the hunger to do well. I didn’t want to get dragged into what other people were doing around me so I got busy with training. I train five times a week for three hours a day and I don’t know what I’d do without training now. It’s become my life."

 

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Huge moment for our gym as one of our junior coaches @sarahes_ becomes the first ever U18 @immafed World Champion . We are all extremely proud of her. All your hard work has paid off #worldchampion #sbgcharlestown @immaaonline

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About her gold medal, Sarah said, "For me fighting is about pushing myself to the limits mentally and physically and just proving to myself that I can do this. I can’t explain the feeling of stepping into the cage to anyone but I was smiling every step of the way."