Shane Heaps

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Shane Heaps
Personal information
Full nameRobert Shane Heaps
NationalityAmerican
Born (1971-04-28) April 28, 1971 (age 51)
Orem, Utah, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Welterweight

Shane Robert Heaps (born April 28, 1971) is an American retired boxer and former Olympian. Heaps competed in the Welterweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics, representing Tonga.

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Personal

Heaps currently resides in Park City, Utah, United States, where he teaches BoxFit boxing to both amateurs and professional fighters at AlpenFit. [1]

Amateur highlights

Olympic boxing record

1 Loss
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
Loss11-2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Nurbek Kasenov PTS17/20/1996 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, Welterweight.

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References

  1. "Boxing ring opens in Park City". parkrecord.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.