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'{{short description|Australian boxer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Harry Garside | full_name = Harrison Garside | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | sport = [[Boxing]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[amateur boxing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight|Lightweight]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's lightweight|Lightweight]]}} }} '''Harrison Garside''' (born 22 July 1997) is an Australian [[boxing|boxer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/140738 |title=Harry Garside |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> He competed in the [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight|men's lightweight event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] where he won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C75_BOXM63KG--------------------------.pdf |title=Boxing: Men's Light (57-63kg) |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/tokyo-2020/tokyo-olympics-australian-boxer-harry-garside-takes-home-bronze-after-loss-to-cubas-andy-cruz-c-3610957|title=Tokyo Olympics: Australian boxer Harry Garside takes home bronze after loss to Cuba’s Andy Cruz|website=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]]|date=6 August 2021|access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref> This marked the first time in more than three decades that an Australian medaled in boxing at the Olympics.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite web |last1=Pender |first1=Kieran |title=Ballet-dancing plumber Harry Garside boxing for rare Australian medal {{!}} Kieran Pender |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/06/ballet-dancing-plumber-harry-garside-boxing-for-rare-australian-medal |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en |date=5 August 2021}}</ref> In 2015, Garside won his first of six Australian National Championships. In 2018 he competed at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal in the men's 60kg division. {{As of|2021}}, Garside had won seven Australian national boxing championships.<ref name="guardian1"/> ==Personal life== Garside decided he wanted to take up boxing when he was 9 years old.. This came as a shock to his family as he was not considered to be a boxer. He was the youngest of three boys and was closest to his mum. He was inspired by the Olympic Spirit from a young age, having photos of Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe on his bedroom ceiling to inspire him. Garside joined the Lilydale Youth Club which became his second home. He was at first to be an easy target and lost 10 of his first 18 fights. Garside harnessed an underdog mentality and he was motivatied to train harder. Garside is employed as a [[plumber]].<ref name="guardian1" /> He wore [[nail polish]] during the 2020 Olympics, citing his desire to defy [[gender stereotypes]].<ref name="guardian1" /> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{sports links}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions Lightweight}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garside, Harry}} [[Category:1997 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian male boxers]] [[Category:Olympic boxers of Australia]] [[Category:Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in boxing]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia]] [[Category:Australian plumbers]] [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing]] {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub}}'