Todd Alan Kidd (born 15 April 1985) is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at light welterweight.

Career

Kidd hails from Caboolture, Queensland and can train full-time due to sponsorships and won the Australian title 2004–2006. At the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

he beat Kevin Bizier but lost to eventual winner James Russan. 2007 he won the Commonwealth Championships in England, at the World Championships he beat Jonathan Gonzalez but lost to Vasili Belous. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and lost in 1st Round to Driss Moussaid He was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kidd, Todd Light-welterweight boxers 1985 births Living people Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Australia Australian Institute of Sport boxers Australian male boxers Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia People from South East Queensland