Chang Yuan

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Chang Yuan
Chang in 2024
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 28)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Boxing career
Weight classFlyweight
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights52
Wins40
Win by KO2
Losses12
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing ‹See TfM› China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisBantamweight
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2014 NanjingFlyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangFlyweight
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouBantamweight

Chang Yuan (Chinese: 常园; pinyin: Cháng Yuán) is a Chinese amateur boxer. On 8 August 2024, she defeated Turkish boxer Hatice Akbaş by 5-0 to win the gold medal in women's 54 kg boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, thus becoming the first ever Chinese female boxer to win a gold medal at any Olympics.[2]

She also won the gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Boxing record for Chang Yuan". BoxRec.
  2. "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024.
  3. "Boxer CHANG Yuan: Aiming high for Tokyo". Olympics. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "Chang Yuan". Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. "North Korea's Pang snatches gold from China in Asiad boxing rematch". France 24. 4 Oct 2023. Retrieved 7 Oct 2023.