Delicious Orie is a British amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the

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and a gold medal at the

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, representing England. Orie was born in Moscow to a Nigerian father and a Russian mother, facing racial prejudice due to the colour of his skin. He moved to England at age seven and settled in Wolverhampton a few years later.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) British male boxers Sportspeople from Moscow Super-heavyweight boxers English sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Russian descent Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Wolverhampton Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing 21st-century English people {{UK-boxing-bio-stub