Richarno Colin Explained

Richarno Colin
Birth Place:	Vacoas, Mauritius
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Louis Richarno Colin (born 17 July 1987 in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius^[1]) is a Mauritian boxer best known to be All Africa champ 2011.

He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At Beijing he upset Myke Carvalho but was defeated by Gennady Kovalev from Russia in the round of 16.(Results)

He has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the name of Louis Colin. In the opening ceremony, he was the flag carrier for Mauritius. He won bronze in the Light Welterweight category in Boxing.

At the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. At London, he beat Abdelhak Aatakni in the first round before losing to Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in the second round.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's lightweight event.^[2]

Commonwealth results

2010 (as Light Welterweight) (as Louis Colin)

• Defeated Chris Jenkins (Wales) 7–0
• Defeated Luke Woods (Australia) 8–3
• Defeated Philip Bowes (Jamaica) 6–0
• Lost to Bradley Saunders (England) 7–10

External links

• • Qualifier
• Richarno Colin's profile at ESPN Sports
• 2010 Commonwealth Games Bio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richarno Colin Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/richarno-colin-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-03-18.
2. Web site: Boxing COLIN Louis Richarno. dead. 2021-08-14. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731144144/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/boxing/athlete-profile-n1282381-colin-louis-richarno.htm.