Wyatt Sanford (born November 3, 1998) is a Canadian

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who competes in the 63.5 kg weight category (welterweight). Sanford is the reigning

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champion where he won gold in the 63.5kg weight class at the

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Career

In 2019, Sanford competed at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Sanford finished in the top 16, losing to the eventual gold medalist

Andrey Zamkovoy Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy ( rus, Андрей Викторович Замковой, , ɐnˈdrʲeɪ̯ zəmkɐˈvoɪ̯; born 4 July 1987) is a Russian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Car ...

of Russia in round 3. In June 2021, Sanford was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. Sanford qualified as the highest ranked boxer from the Americas not yet qualified. At the 2022 Pan American Championships in Ecuador, went down a category to the 63.5 kg event, winning bronze. In May 2022, Sanford was named to Canada's 2022 Commonwealth Games team where he won a bronze medal. Sanford won the gold medal at the

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by unanimous decision. After his win he noted that he needed a gold medal to keep up with his wife

Pamela Ware Pamela Ware (born February 12, 1993) is a Canadian diver. She is currently partnered with Jennifer Abel for synchronized diving. Ware has two bronze medals from the 2013 World Aquatics Championships where she won in the synchronized 3 m ev ...

who won two at those games. He said of the couples' medals that "getting the gold medal is a huge accomplishment; super happy. I needed at least one to keep up. Super proud of her; she did absolutely amazing. Just overall great performance from both of us at the Pan Am Games."

Personal life

Sanford is married to Canadian Olympic diver

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* 1998 births Canadian male boxers Living people Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Canada Sportspeople from Nova Scotia People from Hants County, Nova Scotia Welterweight boxers 21st-century Canadian people Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in boxing {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub