Combat sports was always going to play a big part in Callum Nash’s life, the only surprise is the 23-year-old does his fighting on the judo mat and not in the boxing ring.
Nash is one of a seven strong Team NI squad selected for the Commonwealth Games in the West Midlands this summer and his family has already tasted success at the multi-sport event.
Nash’s dad Roy won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh losing in the boxing bantamweight (54kg) final to England’s Sean Murphy.