Wu Yu (boxer)

Wu Yu
Born (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29)
Guiding County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China
NationalityChinese
Statistics
Weight classFlyweight
Boxing record[1]
Total fights20
Wins17
Wins by KO0
Losses3
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Flyweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 New Delhi Flyweight
World Military Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Flyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Light flyweight
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Yu (Chinese: 吴愉; pinyin: Wú Yú, born 13 January 1995) is a Chinese boxer.

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Wu Yu". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "2023 Results". IBA.
  3. ^ "WU Yu vs CAKIROGLU Buse Naz Results". 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024.
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