Wu Shih-yi explained

Wu Shih-yi
Weight Class:Lightweight
Nationality:Taiwanese
Birth Date:27 April 1998
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Boxrec:850856

Wu Shih-yi (; born 27 April 1998) is a Taiwanese boxer.

Wu began boxing at the age of thirteen.[1] Wu completed in boxing at the 2018 Asian Games in the women's 60 kg, losing to eventual silver medalist Sudaporn Seesondee. At the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, Wu contested as a lightweight, losing to Karina Ibragimova. Wu earned a silver medal at the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in April, then lost to Wang Cong in the October 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, which she contested as a lightweight. In March 2020, Wu qualified to represent Chinese Taipei in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] Three years later, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

  1. News: Tokyo Olympians – Chinese Taipei's young technical boxer Wu Shih Yi . 27 July 2021 . Asian Boxing Confederation.
  2. News: Lung . Po-an . Ko . Lin . Two more Taiwanese boxers qualify for Tokyo Olympics . 10 March 2020 . Central News Agency . 10 March 2020.