Aira Villegas

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Aira Villegas
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Villegas in 2024
Born (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 28)
Tacloban City, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Statistics
Weight class Bantamweight
Stance Southpaw
Medal record
Women's boxing
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Aira Villegas (born August 1, 1995) is a Filipino amateur boxer.

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Career

Villegas is a Southpaw hailing from Tacloban. She has competed in at least two editions of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in the -52kg division. [1] For the 2022 edition in Turkey, she was forced to move to the -50kg division after her previous class was scrapped. [2]

In 2021, the Philippine Olympic Committee named Villegas as a beneficiary of the Olympics Solidarity Scholarship Grant by the International Olympic Committee. [3]

She has also competed at the 2022 Asian Games which was held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China. [4] Villehas is also a Southeast Asian Games medalist, having won a bronze in the 2019 edition organized in the Philippines. [5]

Villegas would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, by winning the quota bouts round, of the women's flyweight division, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [6] [7]

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References

  1. Henson, Joaquin (May 4, 2022). "Aira lone rep in world tilt". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  2. "Villegas makes quarterfinals in women's world championships". BusinessMirror. May 16, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. Galvez, Waylon (September 10, 2021). "Catantan, Ando part of new group of athletes under IOC program". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  4. "Aira Villegas bows to Mongolian foe in Asian Games". One Sport. September 24, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  5. "Gabuco, Paalam, Marcial advance to SEAG boxing finals". Tiebreaker Times. December 6, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
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