Chang Yuan
Chinese boxer (born 1997)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chang Yuan (Chinese: 常园; pinyin: Cháng Yuán) is a Chinese amateur boxer. On 8 August 2024, she defeated Turkish boxer Hatice Akbaş by 5-0 to win the gold medal in women's 54 kg boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, thus becoming the first ever Chinese female boxer to win a gold medal at any Olympics.[2]
Chang in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
She also won the gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.[3][4][5]