Merven Clair

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Merven Clair
Personal information
National teamMauritius
Born (1993-07-02) July 2, 1993 (age 30)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat Welterweight
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 BrazzavilleWelterweight
Indian Ocean Island Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Mauritius Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Réunion Middleweight
Mauritius National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Vacoas Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Vacoas Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Vacoas Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Vacoas & Curepipe Welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Vacoas Lightweight

Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin. [1] [2] He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. [3] At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda. [4] He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. [5] [6] At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round. [7]

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He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics [8] and competed in the men's welterweight event. [9]

Honours

Mauritius Sportsman of the Year 2019 [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Merven Clair". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Men's Middle (75kg) - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "68.Strandja Memorial - Sofia, Bulgaria - February 21-26 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. ↑ "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Medallists by Weight Category" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019 - Session Results" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Men's Welter (69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Boxing Road to Tokyo African Qualification - Men's Welter (63-69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Rédaction, La (2021-03-19). "Boxe: Merven Clair se qualifie pour ses deuxièmes JO". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  9. ↑ "Boxing CLAIR Merven". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  10. ↑ Edouard, Olivier (2020-02-16). "National Sports Awards 2019 : découvrez le palmarès complet". Le Mauricien (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  11. ↑ DefiSports (2020-02-15). "National Sports Award 2019 : Ranaivosoa et Clair couronnés". Défi Sport (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.


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