Chen Nien-chin (; born 10 May 1997) is a Taiwanese middleweight

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. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in her first bout at the

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. She is a native of Hualien County. Chen is of Taiwanese aborigines descent, with one parent being

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and the other being Bunun.

Boxing career

Chen represented her nation at the

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in Welterweight category and reached the quarterfinals. On 30 July 2021, she lost to

Lovlina Borgohain Lovlina Borgohain (born 2 October 1997) is an Indian boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women's welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She won gold medal at 2023 IBA ...

of India and failed to ensure a medal. She earned a gold medal at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament.

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* 1997 births Living people Taiwanese women boxers Olympic boxers for Taiwan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Hualien County Amis people Bunun people Boxers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Middleweight boxers 21st-century Taiwanese women Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2022 Asian Games {{Taiwan-boxing-bio-stub