Career
Adam is the second Wexford born boxer to qualify for the Olympics, the first being his coach on the Irish team Billy Walsh. He was the fifth Irish boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Bray was the only boxing club in the World who qualified two boxers in London 2012, and is the only boxing club in history to have a male and a female boxer feature in the Olympic games.
Nolan finished in the top two at welterweight at the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament which gained him qualification.
In March 2015, Nolan went to the Gee Bee Multi Nations tournament in Finland.