Alexis Pritchard
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.jpg) Pritchard in 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-09-24) 24 September 1983 (age 42) Bellville, Western Cape South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | lightweight (60kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Alexis Pritchard (born 24 September 1983) is a South-African born New Zealand boxer. On 5 August 2012 she became the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic bout when she beat Tunisia's Rim Jouini in the Round of 16.[1][2][3]
She moved to New Zealand at the age of 14 and originally took up boxing in 2003 to get fit.[4]
Pritchard retired whilst still the New Zealand champion but after failing to qualify for the Rio Olympics.[5] She was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to Auckland in March 2022.[6]
Pritchard has the record for the most New Zealand national amateur championships with 11 national titles, beating Daniella Smith's 4 title record.
- ↑ "New Zealand boxing's Olympic charm offensive". Stuff. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "Kiwi boxer Pritchard one win from medal". Otago Daily Times. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexis Pritchard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 – Alexis Pritchard Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Kiwi boxer Alexis Pritchard retires after 13 years in ring". Stuff. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "The Queen's Baton Relay in New Zealand". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
External links
- Alexis Pritchard at London2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-05)
- Alexis Pritchard at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Alexis Pritchard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alexis Pritchard at Olympedia
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