Heimata Neuffer Explained

Sport:Boxing

Heimata Neuffer (died 13 November 2020) was a French Polynesian heavyweight boxer who represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games.

Neuffer was from Raiatea and worked as a police officer. The son of boxer Pascal Neuffer, he began boxing at an early age.[1]

In 2011 he was selected as part of the Tahitian team for the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.[2] The following year he was sent to Los Angeles to train.[3]

At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won gold in the heavyweight division.[1] In 2016 he competed in the French Amateur Boxing Championships,[1] losing in the final to Mickael Robert.[4] Following this he was selected to join the Pôle France Boxe at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance in Paris.[5]

At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila he had to compete under the banner of the Pacific Games Council due to the disaccreditation of the Polynesian Boxing Federation,[6] but won gold.[7] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze.[8]

He was killed in a car accident in Raiatea on 13 November 2020.[9] [10] In June 2021 the driver of the vehicle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boxe : Heimata Neuffer veut le titre de Champion de France . Tahiti Infos . fr . 24 January 2016 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Boxe: Championnats du Monde Cadets a Astana (Khazahstan) . Tahiti Infos . fr . 25 July 2011 . 26 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Deux boxeurs polynésiens en stage à Los Angeles . Tahiti Infos . fr . 26 December 2012 . 26 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Champoionnat de France de Boxe amateur : Heimata Neuffer s'incline en finale . Tahiti Infos . fr . 31 January 2016 . 26 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Boxe - INSEP : Heimata Neuffer intègrera le pôle France en 2017 . Tahiti Infos . fr . 19 October 2016 . 26 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Boxe – Mini Jeux Vanuatu : Médailles assurées pour Neuffer, Atiu et Jubely . Tahiti Infos . fr . 14 December 2017 . 26 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Boxe – Mini-Jeux du Pacifique : De l’or et de l’argent pour nos Aito . Tahiti Infos . fr . 17 December 2017 . 26 October 2022.
  8. Web site: De l'argent et du bronze pour les boxeurs . Tahiti Infos . fr . 20 July 2019 . 26 October 2022.
  9. Web site: Heimata Neuffer, champion de boxe, décède dans un accident de la route . Tahiti Infos . fr . 14 November 2020 . 26 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Disparition brutale de Heimata Neuffer à l'âge de 24 ans . Polymesie1 . fr . 14 November 2020 . 26 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Décès de Heimata Neuffer, le conducteur condamné . polynesie1 . fr . 21 June 2021 . 26 October 2022.

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