Ariane Fortin (born November 20, 1984) is a Canadian

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amateur boxer. She is a two-time World Boxing Champion. She also won a silver medal in the middleweight category at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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in Toronto, Canada. In order to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the World Championship in 2014, Ariane ran a successful

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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

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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 attempts to qualify for the 2012 Olympics were presented in the 2013 Canadian documentary ''Last Women Standing''. In 2014, she competed in the World Championships in South Korea and took the bronze medal, suffering her only loss in the semifinal against American and already Olympic champion Claressa Shields. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team. At the Olympics she was eliminated in the first bout in a controversial split decision.

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