Chantelle Reid

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Chantelle Reid
Born (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26) [1]
Allenton, Derbyshire, England [2]
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Weight(s) Middleweight
Stance Orthodox

Chantelle Reid (born 31 May 1998) is an English amateur boxer. She has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Reid won a gold medal at the 2014 European Junior Boxing Championship and bronze a year later at the World Youth Championship before a back injury forced her to quit the sport for six years. [3] [4]

Upon returning to the ring she claimed an England Boxing National Amateur Championships title in 2023 and was subsequently awarded a place on the GB Boxing podium squad. [5]

In March 2024, Reid secured a quota spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris when she defeated Uzbekistan's Aziza Zokirova by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals at the World Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [6] [7]

On 7 June 2024, Reid was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics. [4] [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chantelle Reid". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  2. ↑ "Boxrec profile of Chantelle Reid". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  3. ↑ "Chantelle Reid: "Winning a gold medal is realistic. I am not going to Paris for anything less."". fightpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  4. 1 2 "CHANTELLE REID 'TARGETING A MEDAL' AT PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, READY TO INSPIRE BRITISH FEMALE BOXERS". Eurosport. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Profiles: Chantelle Reid". GB Boxing. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Paris Olympics: GB-based boxers Patrick Brown, Chantelle Reid and Cindy Ngamba qualify for Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  7. ↑ "Conclusion of Boxing Road to Paris event in Italy sees Patrick Brown and Chantelle Reid earn qualification for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". GB Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Team GB announce Olympic boxing squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  9. ↑ "Five English Boxers to Compete for Team GB at Paris 2024". England Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  10. ↑ "Team GB announces the six boxers that will compete at Paris 2024". GB Boxing. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
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