🥋 Aisling Hope Healey
Irish Full Contact Karate Champion
📍 Born: Drogheda, Ireland
🎂 Date of Birth: 5 January 1963
📝 Biography
Aisling Hope Heeley is a proud Irish martial artist and a symbol of resilience and strength. Born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, she began her martial arts journey relatively late in 1983. Despite the late start, Aisling quickly rose through the ranks, earning respect for her graceful yet powerful fighting style in the world of full contact karate.
Known for her quiet intensity and sharp tactical mind, she became one of Ireland’s most admired female fighters of the 1980s.
🥊 Martial Arts Career
- Started Karate: 1983
- Style: Full Contact Karate
- Reputation: Determined, technical, and elegantly powerful
🏆 Full Contact Championships:
- 🥇 1984: Leinster Open Women’s Full Contact Champion
- 🥈 1985: Irish National Full Contact Silver Medalist
- 🥇 1986: Midlands (UK) Invitational Champion
- 🥇 1987: Ulster Full Contact Open Winner
- 🥉 1988: British Isles Karate Cup – Bronze
- 🥈 1989: All-Ireland Full Contact Finalist
💚 Personal Life
Hobbies:
- Camogie
- Boxing
- Gaelic football
- Walking on the beach
- Caring for animals