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== Sports == [[Gort GAA|Gort GAA club]] was founded in 1884 and is primarily dedicated to its [[hurling]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-14 |title=Galway club crux resolved after Thomas' gesture to Gort |website=[[RTΓ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/1114/1259916-galway-club-crux-resolved-after-thomas-gesture-to-gort/ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Gort end their long wait in style |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gort-end-their-long-wait-in-style-1.8516 |access-date=2022-11-02 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> The town also has a rugby club, the Gort Gladiators, and two football (soccer) teams, Coole Football Club and Gort United Football Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gladiator spirit gives historic club fighting chance |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/connacht-rugby/gladiator-spirit-gives-historic-club-fighting-chance-30910970.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=independent |date=16 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAI Club Map {{!}} Football Association of Ireland |url=https://www.fai.ie/domestic/fai-club-map |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.fai.ie}}</ref> There is also the Gort Golf Club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-23 |title=Gort Golf Club Launches Its Summer Golf Classic |url=https://galwaybayfm.ie/sports/gort-golf-club-launches-its-summer-golf-classic/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Galway Bay FM |language=en-GB}}</ref> Cliona D'Arcy, of Gort, won the [[Heavyweight#Boxing|heavyweight]] gold medal at the [[2022 IBA Youth World Boxing Championships]], becoming the first Irish woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |website=iaba.ie |date=2022-11-26 |title=Cliona D'Arcy: World Youth Heavyweight Champion |url=http://iaba.ie/cliona-darcy-world-youth-heavyweight-champion/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |publisher=Irish Athletic Boxing Association |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cliona D'Arcy wins heavyweight gold medal at World Youth Championships |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing/cliona-darcy-wins-heavyweight-gold-medal-at-world-youth-championships-42176408.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=independent |date=26 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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