| Delicious Orie | |
| Weight: | Super-heavyweight |
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in[1] |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
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| Boxrec: | 926961 |
Delicious Orie (born 31 May 1997) is a British amateur boxer who won gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 European Games.
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 and attended Colton Hills Community School in his teenage years.[2] [3] Orie later graduated with a degree in Economics and Management from Aston University in 2020.[4]
His father revealed in a BBC interview that Orie's name was inspired by vocalist Delious Kennedy from the American R&B and pop group All-4-One.
Orie won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships.[5]
He won gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England and the 2023 European Games in Poland. In doing the latter he qualified a quota place in the super-heavyweight category for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] On 7 June 2024, Orie was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics in Paris.[7] He was drawn to fight 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medalist Davit Chaloyan from Armenia in the first round[8] and lost by 3:2 split decision.[9] [10]