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Wu Yu (boxer)

Wu Yu
Wu in 2024
Born (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29)
NationalityChinese
Statistics
Weight classFlyweight
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights35
Wins31
Wins by KO0
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

Wu Yu (Chinese: 吴愉; pinyin: Wú Yú, born 13 January 1995) is a Chinese boxer. She won the gold medal in Women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[2]

On 9 August 2024, she won the gold medal in Women's 50kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by 4-1 in the final. She is China's 2nd woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion;[3] Chang Yuan was the first.[4]

Personal life

Wu has been described as being a sergeant in the Chinese military.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Wu Yu". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "2023 Results". IBA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "WU Yu vs CAKIROGLU Buse Naz Results". 9 August 2024. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ Stebbings, Peter (11 August 2024). "China's female boxers break through to reign at Paris Olympics". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.