Atheyna Bylon

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Atheyna Bylon
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Personal information
BornApril 6, 1989 (1989-04-06) (age 36)
Panama City, Panama
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Welterweight, Middleweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Middleweight
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Jeju Welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Istanbul Middleweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Middleweight
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cochabamba Middleweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción Middleweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Santiago Middleweight

Atheyna Bylon (born April 6, 1989) is a Panamanian boxer. She is a police officer. She started boxing when she was 19, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's middleweight event, in which she was eliminated in a round of 16 bout against Brazil's Andreia Bandeira. [1] [2] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris she made history when she defeated Elżbieta Wójcik of Poland to advance to the semi-finals, assuring Panama of its 4th Olympic medal in history, the first for a female athlete and the first medal outside of athletics. She would go on to advance to the gold medal match, where she lost to Li Qian of China, earning the silver medal.

References

  1. "Atheyna Bylon". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. "Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
(with Alonso Edward)
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by