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Charley Davison

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Charley Davison
OLY
Born (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight, Bantamweight
StanceSouthpaw
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Bantamweight

Charley Davison OLY (born 11 January 1994) is a British amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Games.

Biography

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Davison started boxing at the age of eight, trained by her father at home because the local boxing club did not accept girls.[1] She fought Ornella Wahner in 2010 and 2011,[2] before taking a seven year break from boxing and then winning the national championship in 2019.[3]

In June 2021, Davison qualified to represent Great Britain at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics,[4] and reached the final of the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament by defeating Giordana Sorrentino via unanimous points decision in the semi-final.[5] She lost in the final of the Qualification event to Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by split decision.[6]

At the Olympics in Tokyo, Davison went out in the round-of-16, losing by unanimous decision to China's Yuan Chang.[7]

Davison won a bronze medal in the bantamweight category at the 2023 European Games in Poland and in doing so qualified a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] On 7 June 2024, she was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics in Paris.[9] She was drawn to fight 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships gold medalist Hatice Akbaş from Turkey in the first round[10] and lost by a 3:2 split decision.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ Tomas, Fiona (16 March 2020). "Charley Davison: the supermum daring to dream of punching her way to the Tokyo Olympics". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Charley Davison". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ Dennen, John (16 March 2020). "After seven years out of boxing, Charley Davison wins first bout at Olympic qualifier". boxingnewsonline.net. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: GB's Pat McCormack, Cheavon Clarke and Frazer Clarke book places". 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ Boggis, Mark (7 June 2021). "Further joy as Olympian Charley Davison reaches flyweight final". Lowestoft Journal. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ Boggis, Mark (9 June 2021). "'I can finally say I'm an Olympian': Joy for Lowestoft mum-of-three". Lowestoft Journal. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Lowestoft mother-of-three, boxer Charley Davison, out of Tokyo Olympics after 5-0 defeat to China's Yuan Chang". Suffolk News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ^ "European Games: British boxer Delicious Orie clinches Paris Olympics place". BBC Sport. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Team GB announce Olympic boxing squad". BBC Sport. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "GB boxers need 'performance of life' after tough draw". BBC Sport. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. ^ "GB boxer Davison beaten in Paris opener". BBC Sport. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Heartbreak for Lowestoft boxer Charley Davison at Paris 2024". East Anglian Daily Times. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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