Wu Yu (boxer) explained

Wu Yu
Weight Class:Flyweight
Nationality:Chinese
Birth Date:13 January 1995
Birth Place:Guiding County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China
Boxrec:899642
Total:20
Wins:17
Ko:0
Losses:3
Draws:0
No Contests:0

Wu Yu (born 13 January 1995) is a Chinese boxer. She won the gold medal in Women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[1]

On 9 August 2024, she won the gold medal in Women's 50kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by 4-1 in the final. She is China's 2nd woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion;[2] Chang Yuan was the first.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Results . IBA.
  2. Web site: WU Yu vs CAKIROGLU Buse Naz Results. 9 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class. 8 August 2024.