Georgia Cardinali: A Life Taken When It Had So Much More To Give

Georgia Cardinali: A Life Taken When It Had So Much More To Give

“There’s really no easy way to say this, but I have cancer.” A social media post in February that changed everything. You just knew that Georgia Cardinali (O’Connor) would fight to the very end. And she did.

Georgia was told her cancer was terminal. She knew the odds were heavily stacked against her. But even until the end, Georgia kept fighting. She always did. A born fighter in so many ways.

“I’m still smiling, and that smile will NEVER fade, no matter what,” Georgia said in that gut-wrenching, heartbreaking post just over four months ago. As ever, she was true to her word.

At just 25, the fight has now ended. A life taken when it had barely begun. Georgia had so much more to give. Tragic doesn’t even cover it. Nothing does.

A talented amateur with many medals on the international stage. A two-time medallist at the World Youth Championships showed her quality and potential. Georgia turned professional in 2021 and was unbeaten in three fights before the cancer diagnosis that left her with a much more important fight on her hands.

The immense outpouring of grief that followed the news this morning that Georgia has sadly passed away says plenty. Nobody has a bad word to say about her. How could they?

“I just want to be happy. Getting out there inspiring others,” Georgia once told me. Despite battling many things in her young life, she was, and she did.

Georgia Cardinali RIP