Charlie Senior (born 20 November 2001) is an English-born Australian boxer. As an amateur, he has represented Australia at the 2023 Pacific Games, where he won the gold medal, and the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.
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| Born | 20 November 2001 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editSenior was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 20 November 2001. When he was two years of age, he emigrated with his family to Perth, Western Australia.[1][2] He initially took up dancing before he switched to boxing when he was eleven years of age.[3]
Amateur career
editSenior won three national youth championships and then he won the Australian amateur title.[3] He then fought in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan, where in his opening bout, he lost to Nguyễn Văn Đương.[4]
Senior was one of eleven Australian boxers selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5][6] In the men's featherweight event, he lost to Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the round of 16.[1]
Senior won the gold medal at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, defeating Allan Oaike and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] At the 57 kg event of the Paris Olympics, he defeated Vasile Usturoi in the round of 16.[8][9] Senior then defeated Carlo Paalam in the quarterfinals.[10] He lost in the semi-final against Abdumalik Khalokov, winning a bronze medal in the process.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Charlie Senior". Commonwealth Games Australia. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Charlie Senior". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Charlie Senior". playsportcom.
- ^ "Nguyễn Văn Đương - tay đấm 'máu điên cuồng". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Kristy Harris and Caitlin Parker to compete for team Australia at Commonwealth Games 2022". International Boxing Association. 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Boxing Kangaroos in the ring for Commonwealth Games". Edge of the Crowd. 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Australian boxers, including Tokyo 2020 Olympian Caitlin Parker, won six out of seven finals on 30 November. They also secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota". Olympics.org.
- ^ "Parker and Senior punch quarter-final tickets". Australian Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2024" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ Jeffrey, Daniel (3 August 2024). "Charlie Senior celebrates in style after clinching boxing medal for Australia". Nine Network.
- ^ "Aussie misses out on gold medal fight". Brisbane Times. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
edit- Charlie Senior at BoxRec (registration required)
- Charlie Senior at Tapology.com
