Aira Villegas

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Aira Villegas
OLY
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Villegas in 2024
Born (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 30)
Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Statistics
Weight class Light Flyweight
Stance Southpaw
Medal record
Women's boxing
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Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Light Flyweight
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Philippines Bantamweight

Aira Cordero Villegas OLY (born August 1, 1995) is a Filipino amateur boxer. She won a bronze medal in the inaugural women's Light Flyweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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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] Villegas is also a Southeast Asian Games medalist, having won a bronze in the 2019 edition organized in the Philippines. [5]

Villegas qualified 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]

At the Olympics, she won a bronze medal after losing to Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu in the semi-finals. [8] [9]

Summer Olympics

Light flyweight (50 kg) Olympic qualification

2024 Summer Olympics results

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.
  6. ↑ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  7. ↑ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (March 12, 2024). "Road to Paris: Nesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas clinch Olympic berths in Busto Arsizio". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Philippines at the Olympics: Villegas settles for bronze after losing to Cakiroglu". ESPN. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Olympic bronze for Aira Villegas as Turkish foe dominates semis bout". rappler.com. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
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