Charlie Senior

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Charlie Senior
Charlie Senior.png
Born (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
NationalityAustralian
Statistics
Weight(s) Featherweight
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Stance Orthodox
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Featherweight
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Honiara Light welterweight

Charlie Senior (born 20 November 2001) is an English-born Australian boxer. As an amateur, he has represented Australia at the Pacific Games, Commonwealth Games, where he won the gold medal, and the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.

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Early life

Senior was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 20 November 2001. When he was two years of age, he emigrated with his family to Perth, Western Australia. [1] [2] He initially took up dancing before he switched to boxing when he was eleven years of age. [3]

Amateur career

Senior won three national youth championships and then he won the Australian amateur title. [3] He then fought in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan, where in his opening bout, he lost to Nguyễn Văn Đương. [4]

Senior was one of eleven Australian boxers selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [5] [6] In the men's featherweight event, he lost to Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the round of 16. [1]

Senior won the gold medal at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, defeating Allan Oaike and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [7] At the 57 kg event of the Paris Olympics, he defeated Vasile Usturoi in the round of 16. [8] [9] Senior then defeated Carlo Paalam in the quarterfinals. [10] He lost in the semi-final against Abdumalik Khalokov, winning a bronze medal in the process. [11]

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References

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  2. "Charlie Senior". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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  6. "Boxing Kangaroos in the ring for Commonwealth Games". Edge of the Crowd.
  7. "Australian boxers, including Tokyo 2020 Olympian Caitlin Parker, won six out of seven finals on 30 November. They also secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota". Olympics.org.
  8. "Parker and Senior punch quarter-final tickets". Australian Olympic Committee.
  9. "Olympic Games 2024" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  10. Jeffrey, Daniel (3 August 2024). "Charlie Senior celebrates in style after clinching boxing medal for Australia". Nine Network.
  11. "Aussie misses out on gold medal fight". Brisbane Times. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.