Nwe Ni Oo (Burmese: နွယ်နီဦး) is a Burmese boxer. She won the gold medal in the boxing finals of the 27th Southeast Asian Games , held in Myanmar in December 2013. It was the first time in 50 years that Myanmar won a gold medal in boxing.[1][2][3][4][5]
Nwe Ni Oo | |
|---|---|
နွယ်နီဦး | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Parent | Aung Thet Oo (father) |
| Awards | 27th Southeast Asian Games (Gold Medal) 30th Southeast Asia Games (silver medal) |
She won Bronze Medal in a competition at the Bantamweight (54 kg) at Boxing at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. She won silver medal in a competition at the Featherweight (57 kg) in 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
Early life and education edit
Nwe Ni Oo was born in Phyuu, Taungoo District, Bago Region. She is the oldest daughter in her family, having five sisters and brother. She was only in fifth grade when she left school to help support her family.
References edit
- ^ "Float like a butterfly". The Myanmar Times. 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Myanmar women land blows for equality" – via www.bangkokpost.com.
- ^ "ဘဝပြောင်းလဲသွားစေတဲ့ ရွှေတံဆိပ်ကိုရယူနိုင်ခဲ့သူ လက်ဝှေ့မယ် နွယ်နီဦး". The Myanmar Times. 15 January 2014.
- ^ December 2013, မေစစ်ပိုင် 26 (26 December 2013). "တိုက်ရခိုက်ရ တာကိုမှ ဝါသနာပါသူ". ဧရာဝတီ.
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