Caitlin Parker | |
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 Parker in 2024 | |
| Born | Caitlin Anne Parker 17 April 1996 |
| Other names | Caity |
| Statistics | |
| Weight class | Middleweight |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
Medal record | |
Caitlin Anne Parker OLY (born 17 April 1996) is an Australian amateur boxer, who became the first female boxer from Australia to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at the 2024 Paris Games. Parker has also won silver and bronze medals at two Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Youth Olympics.
Parker was born on 17 April 1996 in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia. [1] She began training in taekwondo and boxing at the age of 11 after her father refused to let her walk to school alone without learning self defence. [2] [3]
Parker competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics where she won a bronze medal in the 75kg event. [4]
She competed in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, where she won a silver medal in the middleweight event, [5] and in 2022 where she won a bronze medal in the middleweight event. [1]
She competed in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in March 2020 where she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she lost to Atheyna Bylon in the round of 16. [4]
Parker became the first Australian female boxer to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [6] [7]
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