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Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Brian Keating is an 18-year-old karate athlete from Carlow, Ireland, representing Carlow Karate Club; he won the 2025 IMAC Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year award, is a WUKF world champion and quadruple European champion.

Aug 24, 2026

KCLR Sport

KCLR Sport

Carlow karate athlete Brian Keating made history and taking on the world

Aug 24 · 11m

Brendan Hennessy
Brendan HennessyHOST
0:17
Well done.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:18
Yeah, thanks.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:19
Thanks very much.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:20
It's going well so far anyway.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:21
How did you get involved with karate? I've been doing it from a young age.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:25
I was training with Brian Whelan there as a child.
Brian Keating
Brian KeatingGUEST
0:27
My father was very involved in it all throughout my childhood and kind of just went from there.
Brendan Hennessy
Brendan HennessyHOST
1:09
Dublin?

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