Yang Liu (boxer)

Yang Liu
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Boxing career
Welterweight
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Win by KO0
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisWelterweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 New DelhiWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2019 Ulan-UdeWelterweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouWelterweight

Yang Liu (Chinese: 杨柳; pinyin: Yáng Liǔ; born 20 May 1992) is a Chinese boxer. Yang won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[2] The reigning Welterweight World Champion of 2023, she represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won three fights to make it through to the final where she lost to Imane Khelif, therefore taking the silver medal.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Yang Liu". BoxRec.
  2. ↑ "2019 World Championships results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Khelif wins gold amid gender eligibility row". BBC Sport. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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