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Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Middleweight
The women's middleweight boxing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from 14 to 21 August at the Riocentro. The medals for the competition were presented by Wu Ching-kuo, Chinese Taipei, IOC member and President of the AIBA, and the gifts were presented by Franco Falcinelli, Vice President of the AIBA. Schedule All times are Brasília Time Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02 ... ( UTC−3). Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's middleweight Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2016 in women's boxing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Brazil
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00) This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,140 inhabitants (2021 estimate), 0.0015% of Brazil's population.Population estimates Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2021. The other islands ( |
Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics
The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro. However, boxing at the games was overshadowed with controversy after there were doubts raised that results in certain bouts had been manipulated. These concerns were upheld in a report published in 2021. Competition format On March 23, 2013, the Amateur International Boxing Association instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of pros who sign 5 year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees. The elimination of headgear and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadija El-Mardi
Khadija Mardi (born 1 February 1991), also known as Khadija El Mardi, is a Moroccan boxer. She is the current Heavyweight women's IBA World Boxing Champion. Career Mardi competed in the women's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She lost to Dariga Shakimova in the quarter-finals. She qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics, however, she withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons. In 2022, Mardi won the gold medal at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships. She won silver medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, after losing the final match against Şennur Demir. In March 2023, Mardi won a gold medal in the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, thus winning her and Morocco's first women's gold medal in the IBA World Boxing Championships. King Mohammed VI congratulated her on her victory. She won the gold medal in the women's +81kg event at the 2023 African Games The 13th African Games is ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah Marshall
Savannah Rose Marshall (born 19 May 1991) is a British professional boxer who held the WBO female middleweight title between 2020 and 2022. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, she became the first British female world champion after securing gold at the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, 2012 World Championships.Savannah Marshall wins Britain's first ever women's boxing world title ''The Guardian'', 2012. She has been nicknamed as the 'Silent Assassin' due to her shyness and her multiple knockout wins. As of October 2022, she is ranked as the world's second best active female middleweight by BoxRec and by The Ring (magazine), ''The Ring''. Early life Mars ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Laurell Nash
Anna Rosalie Eleonora Laurell Nash (born 12 February 1980) is a Swedish boxer. Laurell has won two World Championship golds, three European Championship Golds and seven National Swedish Championship golds in boxing. Laurell competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after receiving a wild card from the Swedish Olympic Committee. She made it to the quarter-finals of her weight class. In 2014, she participated in the SVT show Mästarnas mästare (idiomatic translation "''Champion of Champions''") is a Swedish reality competition show which each season feature a number of former athletic stars who all became "masters" of their individual sports. In the show the athletes competes against ... on SVT. References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atheyna Bylon
Atheyna Bylon (born April 6, 1989) is a Panamanian boxer. Is a police officer. She started at 19 years old, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's middleweight event, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Andreia Bandeira Andreia Bandeira (born 3 May 1987) is a Brazilian amateur boxer who competes in the 75–76 kg weight division. She won a gold medal at the 2010 South American Games and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (includi .... References 1989 births Living people Panamanian women boxers Olympic boxers for Panama Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Panama South American Games silver medalists for Panama South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Boxers at the 2019 Pan American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreia Bandeira
Andreia Bandeira (born 3 May 1987) is a Brazilian amateur boxer who competes in the 75–76 kg weight division. She won a gold medal at the 2010 South American Games and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References 1987 births Living people Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Brazil Brazilian women boxers South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Middleweight boxers Sportspeople from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariane Fortin
Ariane Fortin (born November 20, 1984) is a Canadian southpaw amateur boxer. She is a two-time World Boxing Champion. She also won a silver medal in the middleweight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. In order to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the World Championship in 2014, Ariane ran a successful crowdfunding campaign oMAKEACHAMP Fortin took up boxing in 2004. In 2005, at 21 years old, she took part in the 2005 World Championships and won the silver medal. A year later, she won the gold medal at the 2006 World Championships in New Delhi, and repeated the same performance at the 2008 World Championships in Ningbo, China. After failing to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics decided to move to another country with less rivalry in boxing. She chose Lebanon and started learning Arabic, but reconsidered after intervention from the International Amateur Boxing Association. Her atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Nien-chin
Chen Nien-chin (; born 10 May 1997) is a Taiwanese middleweight boxer. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in her first bout at the Rio Olympics. She is a native of Hualien County. Chen is of Taiwanese aborigines descent, with one parent being Amis and the other being Bunun. Boxing career Chen represented her nation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ... category and reached the quarterfinals. On 30 July 2021, she lost to Lovlina Borgohain of India and failed to ensure a medal. She earned a gold medal at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament. References External links * 1997 births Living people Taiwanese women boxers Olympic boxers for Taiwan Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslava Yakushina
Yaroslava Ivanovna Yakushina (russian: Ярослава Ивановна Якушина, born 24 June 1993) is a Russian boxer. She competed in the middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... and was eliminated in the second bout. References External links * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kokshetau Russian women boxers Olympic boxers of Russia Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Russia Boxers at the 2015 European Games Boxers at the 2019 European Games Middleweight boxers {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Boxing Association (amateur)
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. IBA consists of five continental confederations — AFBC, AMBC, ASBC, EUBC, OCBC. The association includes 203 national boxing federations. IBA was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the international governing body for the sport of boxing until 2019, when the IOC suspended its recognition of the federation. Names * from August 24, 1920 — the International Federation of Amateur Boxers (Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur, FIBA); * from November 28, 1946 — Amateur International Boxing Association, AIBA; * On November 22, 2007, as part of the AIBA reform, the name was changed to the current one, — International Boxing Association - but the abbreviated name was decided to remain the same. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
