Shelley Watts

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Shelley Watts
Personal information
Full nameShelley Marie Watts
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born10 August 1987 (1987-08-10) (age 36)
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb) lightweight division
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Lightweight
Medal record
Women's Boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Lightweight

Shelley Marie Watts (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian amateur boxer. [1] Watts competed in the women's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won the gold medal. [1] [2] She was also a competitor in the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

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Watts qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on 31 March 2016 by making the final of the 2016 Asian and Oceanian Olympic qualifying event, only to be eliminated in her first fight by Italian teenager Irma Testa.

Watts is now a lawyer. She began her law degree three years before starting boxing. [3]

Personal life

Watts is a supporter of the Australian football team South Sydney Rabbitohs. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Shelley Watts". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. "Commonwealth Games: Shelley Watts Australia's first women's boxing champion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2014.
  3. "Fighting for your fairy tale: How law student Shelley Watts won Commonwealth Gold". collaw.edu.au. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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  6. "Shelley Watts is fighting for her fairytale". canberratimes.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.