Caroline Veyre | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 October 1988 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Caro [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Lightweight, Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Born in Paris, France, [4] Veyre immigrated to Canada in 2003 after visiting the country a few years earlier as her mother underwent cancer treatment in Montreal. [3]
Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense. [3] Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal, [4] she won national titles in 2013 and 2014. [3]
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final. [5] [6]
In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira. [7]
She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India, [3] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. [8] [9]
Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision. [10] [11] [12]
Veyre turned professional in 2022, [13] making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. [14]
Veyre has a degree in translation. [3]
| 9 fights | 8 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By decision | 8 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Win | 8–1 |  Gabriela Bouvier | UD | 10 | December |  Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, USA | Won the WBC female featherweight International title |
| 8 | Loss | 7–1 |  Joana Chavarria Lopez | UD | 10 | 21 September 2024 | Naucalpan, México | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas | UD | 8 | 14 March 2024 |  Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Jessica Bellusci | UD | 8 | 7 October 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Karina Travieso Chavez | UD | 8 | 7 September 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Emma Gongora | UD | 8 | 12 May 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Anaëlle Angerville | UD | 6 | 16 Mar 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Estefania González Franco | UD | 6 | 13 Jan 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Liliana Marisela Borquez | UD | 4 | 6 Aug 2022 | Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | |
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