Caitlin Parker
Caitlin Parker | |
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| Born | 17 April 1996 |
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| Weight(s) | Middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
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Caitlin Parker OLY (born 17 April 1996) is an Australian amateur boxer, who became the first female boxer from Australia to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at the 2024 Paris Games. Parker has also won silver and bronze medals at two Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Youth Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Parker was born on 17 April 1996 in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia.[1] She began training in taekwondo and boxing at the age of 11 after her father refused to let her walk to school alone without learning self defence.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Parker competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics where she won a bronze medal in the 75kg event.[4]
She competed in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, where she won a silver medal in the middleweight event,[5] and in 2022 where she won a bronze medal in the middleweight event.[1]
She competed in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in March 2020 where she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she lost to Atheyna Bylon in the round of 16.[4]
Parker became the first Australian female boxer to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Caitlin Parker Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Caitlin Parker | Sport Australia Hall of Fame". SAHOF. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Yussuf, Ahmed (15 March 2021). "Parker on a mission to make boxing history at Tokyo Games". ABC News. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Caitlin Parker". Australian Olympic Committee. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Boxing | Athlete Profile: Caitlin PARKER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Boxers Caitlin Parker and Charlie Senior both earn bronze medals in rare double for Team Australia at the Paris Olympics". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Snape, Jack. "Australia's wait for Olympic boxing gold goes on as Parker and Senior secure bronze". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Caitlin Parker at BoxRec (registration required)
- Caitlin Parker at Olympedia
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