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Full name | Jackson Woods | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||
Born | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia | 1 February 1993|||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||
Club | Latrobe Boxing Club | |||||||||||||
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Jackson Woods (born 1 February 1993 in Latrobe, Tasmania) is an amateur boxer who has represented Australia at the World Youth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the flyweight division. [1]
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