Valérie Hénin Explained

Valérie Wiet-Henin
Birth Name:Valérie Hénin
Birth Date:November 15, 1967
Birth Place:Nancy, France
Nationality:French
Weight Class:Lightweight (Kickboxing)
Welterweight (Boxing)
Style:Muay Thai, Boxing, Taekwondo
Stance:Orthodox
Rank: black belt in Taekwondo
Mma Subloss:1
Box Win:2
Box Kowin:1
Box Draw:1
Kickbox Win:36
Kickbox Loss:3
Kickbox Draw:1
Kickbox Kowin:21
Boxrec:18473
Sherdog:5969

Valérie Hénin French boxer, kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. She is a former ISKA World Kickboxing champion and the former WIBF Welterweight boxing champion.[1] [2]

Boxing

On Valerie Henin boxing debut she fought Mary Ann Almager in order to become a WIBF world Welterweight champion.[3] [4]

On June 16, 2001, Henin fought Patricia Demick in Anchorage, Alaska, for the WIBF world Welterweight title.[5] The fight ended in a draw.

Personal life

Valerie Henin was married to kickboxer Orlando Wiet and had a daughter called Magda Wiet-Hénin a taekwondo Olympian.[6] [7] [8]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: They bullied Fredia Gibbs, but she turned their taunts into motivation to become a kickboxing champion. DeArbea. Walker. Inquirer. 22 February 2019 .
  2. Web site: Nancy / podcast. Valérie Hénin : les souvenirs de la pionnière nancéienne de la boxe. www.republicain-lorrain.fr.
  3. Web site: Does Disease Win With Morrison?. November 3, 1996. Los Angeles Times.
  4. Web site: Ageless Foreman plods his way to another victory. products.kitsapsun.com.
  5. Web site: La historia de la chilena que peleó el título mundial de boxeo 12 años antes que la "Crespa" Rodríguez. Rodrigo Retamal. V. September 16, 2013. La Tercera.
  6. Web site: Valérie Hénin : punch de famille. Alice. Cimiez. September 23, 2015.
  7. Web site: Wiet-Hénin et Da Costa, deux armes pour la Lorraine aux JO de Tokyo. France 3 Grand Est. 8 July 2021 .
  8. Web site: JO : Magda Wiet Henin, si maman si. July 25, 2021. Le Figaro.
  9. Web site: HIV-Infected Morrison Knocks Out Rhode in First Round. AP NEWS.
  10. Web site: Portrait. Valérie Hénin, championne du monde de kick-boxing, de full contact et de boxe anglaise, première femme au combat. www.estrepublicain.fr.