Caroline Veyre | |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1988[1] |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Nickname: | Caro |
Weight: | Lightweight, Featherweight |
Height: | 167cm[2] |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 7 |
Wins: | 7 |
Ko: | 0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Born in Paris, France,[3] Veyre immigrated to Canada in 2003 after visiting the country a few years earlier as her mother underwent cancer treatment in Montreal.[4]
Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense.[4] Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal,[3] she won national titles in 2013 and 2014.[4]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final.[5] [6]
In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira.[7]
She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India,[4] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[8] [9]
Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision.[10] [11] [12]
Veyre turned professional in 2022,[13] making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.[14]
Veyre has a degree in translation.[4]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas | UD | 8 | 14 March 2024 | ||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jessica Bellusci | UD | 8 | 7 October 2023 | ||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Karina Travieso Chavez | UD | 8 | 7 September 2023 | ||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Emma Gongora | UD | 8 | 12 May 2023 | ||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Anaëlle Angerville | UD | 6 | 16 Mar 2023 | ||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Estefania González Franco | UD | 6 | 13 Jan 2023 | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Liliana Marisela Borquez | 4 | 6 Aug 2022 | |||