Moyross fighter secures world title after four-day tournament in Spain.
LIMERICK woman Chloe Keogh won gold at the International Sporting Karate (ISKA) Amateur World Championships in Madrid this weekend.
The twenty-year-old triumphed in the Full Contact Low Kick, 65kg category after a four-day tournament in the Spanish capital. The world title comes two years after Keogh won two silver medals at the 2024 Championships in Vienna.
Keogh also competed in the K1 event, in which she is the Irish champion, but was defeated in the semi-finals of that category.
Keogh, who trains at the Learning Hub in Kileely, headlined the club’s success in Madrid. On Instagram, coach Paul O’Brien relayed his pride in the twelve members of ‘Teamhub’ who competed in Madrid.
O’Brien said, “in total we bring home one Gold medal, two silver medals, and six bronze medals and these were some of the toughest medals we have ever earned!”, adding that his team fought multiple times each day of the competition.
Keogh, who hails from Moyross, only took up the sport at the age of fifteen after O’Brien visited her school, St. Nessan’s Secondary, to deliver a martial arts exhibition.
Since then, Keogh has gone from strength to strength, winning Irish titles in 2025 and 2026 alongside her international successes.
Keogh will next compete at the ISKA Irish Open in early April.