Atheyna Bylon

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Atheyna Bylon
OLY
Personal information
BornApril 6, 1989 (1989-04-06) (age 36)
Panama City, Panama
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight, Middleweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Panama
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisMiddleweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 JejuWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2022 IstanbulMiddleweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoMiddleweight
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 CochabambaMiddleweight
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónMiddleweight
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoMiddleweight

Atheyna Bylon (born April 6, 1989) is a Panamanian boxer. She is a police officer. She started boxing when she was 19, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's middleweight event, in which she was eliminated in a round of 16 bout against Brazil's Andreia Bandeira.[1][2] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris she made history when she defeated Elżbieta Wójcik of Poland to advance to the semi-finals, assuring Panama of its 4th Olympic medal in history, the first for a female athlete and the first medal outside of athletics. She would go on to advance to the gold medal match, where she lost to Li Qian of China, earning the silver medal.

References

  1. ↑ "Atheyna Bylon". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.