Dean Walsh (born 25 June 1994) is current 2023 71 kg national elite Irish champion.

[2][3][4] At the Feliks Stamm Tournament in 2014 he won a bronze medal after beating Bogdan Vikazin in the semi-finals before being eliminated by Vitaly Dunaytsev .

[5][2][6][7] In 2015, he competed at the European Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, beating Florentin Niculescu from Romania in the 'Round of 32' and Hungary's Georgian Mihai Nyeki in the quarter-final but lost in the semi-finals on points against Vitaly Dunaytsev of Russia.

[8][9][2] Walsh spoke of his desire to turn professional in 2018, but decided to remain in the amateur ranks and target qualification for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

[10][11] In November 2019, Walsh pleaded guilty to two charges of assault stemming from an incident in 2017, in which one victim was left with a broken jaw, fractured cheekbone and requiring a metal plate to be inserted into his skull.