Heimata Neuffer

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Heimata Neuffer
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CountryFlag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia
Sport Boxing
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Pacific Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Apia Heavyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby Heavyweight
Representing Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Port Vila Heavyweight

Heimata Neuffer (died 13 November 2020) [1] was a French Polynesian heavyweight boxer who represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games.

Neuffer was from Raiatea and worked as a police officer. [1] The son of boxer Pascal Neuffer, he began boxing at an early age. [2]

In 2011 he was selected as part of the Tahitian team for the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazhakstan. [3] The following year he was sent to Los Angeles to train. [4]

At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won gold in the heavyweight division. [2] In 2016 he competed in the French Amateur Boxing Championships, [2] losing in the final to Mickael Robert. [5] Following this he was selected to join the Pôle France Boxe at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance in Paris. [6]

At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila he had to compete under the banner of the Pacific Games Council due to the disaccreditation of the Polynesian Boxing Federation, [7] but won gold. [8] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze. [9]

He was killed in a car accident in Raiatea on 13 November 2020. [1] [10] In June 2021 the driver of the vehicle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heimata Neuffer, champion de boxe, décède dans un accident de la route" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Boxe : Heimata Neuffer veut le titre de Champion de France" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Boxe: Championnats du Monde Cadets a Astana ( Khazahstan)" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Deux boxeurs polynésiens en stage à Los Angeles" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Champoionnat de France de Boxe amateur : Heimata Neuffer s'incline en finale" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Boxe - INSEP : Heimata Neuffer intègrera le pôle France en 2017" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Boxe – Mini Jeux Vanuatu : Médailles assurées pour Neuffer, Atiu et Jubely" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Boxe – Mini-Jeux du Pacifique : De l'or et de l'argent pour nos Aito" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "De l'argent et du bronze pour les boxeurs" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Disparition brutale de Heimata Neuffer à l'âge de 24 ans" (in French). Polymesie1. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Décès de Heimata Neuffer, le conducteur condamné" (in French). polynesie1. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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